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Five reasons to unite for parks
Our shared public spaces are the foundation for healthier, more equitable, more resilient communities

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Steven Meckler
A traditional harvest at Saguaro National Park
Behind the search for a "desert superfood."

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The hazards of park disparities during heat waves
The shade of a deep green park can be up to 17 degrees cooler than the surrounding neighborhood.

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Saving the site of a little-known chapter in civil rights history

On a warm afternoon in early fall, red-tailed hawks swooped low over fields of soybean on Firetown Road in Simsbury, Connecticut. Four ...

A challenge inspired by the legacy of a remarkable conservationist

As a boy, Charles Gresham accompanied his dad on a drive along Highway 1 through Big Sur, a 70-mile stretch of steep mountains along the ...

Five public lands issues the Biden-Harris Administration should tackle in its first 100 days

With a new Congress in session and a presidential inauguration on the horizon, there’s a lot going on in Washington, DC, these days. So we ...

Saving a piece of the “old Jackson Hole” at Astoria Hot Springs Park

Nikki Gill has deep roots in Jackson Hole. When her great-grandparents homesteaded in this remote mountain valley in northern Wyoming in ...

In Hawai‘i, a grandson follows ancient footsteps to help save his family’s ancestral home

The Hawaiian scholar Mary Kawena Pukūʻi wrote more than fifty books about the language and culture of Hawaiʻi. With titles like The ...

Become a partner for equitable communities

COVID-19 has proven the importance of quality parks and open spaces to our quality of life. ...

Millions of acres of public land are blocked by private property. We’re changing that.

Each winter, Janet Drake ventures out from her home in Phoenix to hunt in the Sky Islands. This remote region of southern Arizona is named ...

Ten ways parks can foster more welcoming communities

Everybody needs a place to call home, where we feel like we belong and are welcome. But today, too many of our neighbors experience ...

Explore the places you made a difference in 2020

Well, there’s no two ways about it: 2020 has been a doozy. But through the uncertainty, change, and heartbreak of the past year, Americans ...

It's all thanks to you!

Through this tumultuous year, I’ve been making a practice to count my blessings. And the parks and trails here in the San Francisco Bay ...

Neighborhood activist Taylor Toynes on parks and community power

As a kid growing up in the South Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Taylor Toynes remembers long afternoons spent exploring the creek that cuts ...

People sit in circles drawn on the ground at Washington Square in San Francisco

As COVID cases rise, make parks a public health priority

Coronavirus cases are rise again across much of the nation. As Americans look for ways to stay healthy and connected throughout the winter ...

Aerial view of Timothy Goodman painting a white mural on black asphalt

Five questions with muralist Timothy Goodman

Timothy Goodman’s art makes order out of chaos. The New York City-based muralist and designer uses bold colors and encouraging words to ...

On Election Day, voters overwhelmingly backed parks and open spaces

A record number of Americans, estimated at nearly 160 million, went to the polls to make their voices heard. This past week's election, ...

Through a “heartbreaking” year, neighborhood parks help New Yorkers roll with the punches

As New York City’s coronavirus lockdown stretched from days to weeks, Kelley Heyer grew desperate for distraction. “April and May in ...

Vote for the future you want to see

Our work to create great public spaces is rooted in a belief that every person deserves an equal say in the future of their community. For ...

400 years old, a Connecticut farm still feeds the hungry

Residents of Stonington, Connecticut, fought a long campaign to conserve Coogan Farm—a peaceful, rural property on the banks of the Mystic ...

A can of Allagash River Trip beer balances on a canoe paddle with a stream in the background

Guest tap: Allagash Brewing Company on protecting Portland’s clean water

If you’ve ever tasted an Allagash beer, you’ve tasted the benefits of protecting forests around Sebago Lake. The water we use at our ...

In a neighborhood with a divided past, parks are "common ground"

This fall, we’re celebrating all the ways parks unite us : with one another, with our neighborhoods, and with ...

It’s election season. Are parks on your ballot?

Your vote is your power. And in an election season with so much on the line, it’s never been more important to use your power to speak up ...

Kids run toward the camera at Coopers Poynt School in Camden, NJ

Campbell Soup Company on parks in their hometown

We’re proud to partner with the ...

An American flag against a smoky orange sky

In small-town Oregon, the wildfire recovery begins

From where I live in central Oregon, in the city of Bend, distant wildfires surrounded me this summer. Two hours to the north were the ...

New parks in southern Dallas? “It’s about time!”

For years, students at Dallas’s South Oak Cliff High School went to class in grim conditions. “The roof leaked, asbestos was everywhere, ...

A little town takes matters—and a mountain—into its own hands

Mount Ascutney rises 3,000 feet above the town of West Windsor, Vermont. For generations, the ski resort at its base was the community’s ...

Falling with style, and other life lessons from a neighborhood skate park