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North Branch Recreation Path

With support from the Montpelier Conservation Commission, Vermont Land Trust, and East Montpelier Trails Association, TPL helped the city of Montpelier acquire an addition to the North Branch Recreation area, which includes a network of trails and provides important habitat for beaver, moose, and other wildlife. read more »

North Chickamauga Creek Greenway

Across the Tennessee River from the heart of Chattanooga, this winding greenway is a linear park that includes two miles of hiking and biking trail, three canoe access points, a picnic pavilion and restrooms. read more »

Olympic Scuplture Park, Seattle

Olympic Sculpture Park - Seattle

In 1998, TPL, in partnership with the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), stepped in to protect the last undeveloped piece of downtown Seattle waterfront for a public sculpture park. read more »

Orenco Woods

This former private golf course was slated for development of 250 homes and apartments, but TPL helped secure the property and generate funds for it purchase for a park. read more »

Overtown Playground

In 2002, TPL purchased two vacant lots adjacent to a YWCA for the first new community designed playground, which the YWCA will maintain and operate under lease from Miami-Dade County. read more »

Patton Street Pocket Park and Community Garden

We're helping to create a pocket park for the residents of Echo Park, a dense neighborhood on the edge of downtown Los Angeles where many families with small children live. read more »

Patuxent River

In October, 2006 The Trust for Public Land protected 318 waterfront acres along the Patuxent River, just 12 miles from Washington, D.C. read more »

Pilot Knob

Native Dakota people once performed ceremonies on this hill overlooking the junction of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers in the Twin Cities suburb of Mendota Heights. read more »

Pine Avenue Park, CA

Pine Avenue Park

Pine Avenue is one of four major park developments TPL is leading in the Los Angeles area. This former vacant lot is now a beautiful and safe place for people of all ages to play. read more »

Pinellas Trail, FL

Pinellas Trail

In 2005, TPL purchased a two-mile corridor from CSX Transportation, Inc. that brought the Pinellas Trail into downtown St. Petersburg, creating a safe, convenient route for bicyclists and pedestrians to travel in and out of downtown. read more »