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Students of Brewster Pierce Memorial School attend class in the outdoor classroom in Huntington Community Forest, in Huntington, VT, on January 27, 2021.
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A new community-owned forest keeps outdoor adventure in the lesson plan
Students in Huntington, Vermont, have a huge new natural schoolyard to explore.

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In Hawai‘i, a grandson follows ancient footsteps to help save his family’s ancestral home
Trust for Public Land supporters are helping expand the Big Island's Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail.

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Neighborhood activist Taylor Toynes on parks and community power
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A new collaboration with JPMorgan Chase for climate conservation in California

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Prioritize environmental justice in the push for climate conservation goals

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Aerial image of Banning Ranch and the Pacific Ocean

Help us transform this huge open space into Southern California’s newest coastal park

As Highway 1 crosses the Santa Ana River into the city of Newport Beach, California, it passes an unexpected open space. Buildings and ...

Four places to watch the spring bird migration in the U.S.

With spring well underway, one of the touchstones of the season is unfolding above: the biannual migration of songbirds. Each spring, ...

Los Angeles community organizer reflects on working for park equity during COVID-19

Trust for Public Land community organizer Dayana Molina has worked in our Los Angeles office for four years, helping residents plan and ...

A collage of mountains with the U.S. Capitol in the foreground

Park advocates and the outdoor industry are teaming up for public lands

This week, a team of intrepid Trust for Public Land volunteers are making the case for parks and conservation with lawmakers in Washington ...

Composite image of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, and a historical photograph of residents being removed

Memorial to Japanese Americans imprisoned in WWII plays a part in today’s fight for justice

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Magnets, motivators, uniters: the surprising superpowers of maps

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From Ala Kahakai to Zion, 10 national parks where you’ve made a difference

This National Park Week , we’re thanking the people who ...

Jim Ellis stands at a log fence in front of a cabin in the woods outside of Seattle, Washington.

"What would Jim do?"

If you’ve taken a hike anywhere within an hour’s drive of Seattle, chances are, you have Jim Ellis to thank for it. A legendary civic ...

A stormy sunset at Manhattan Beach, California

Historian Alison Rose Jefferson on the generations-long fight for belonging at one Southern California beach

This Earth Month , we’re highlighting people who are speaking up and fighting for equitable access to the ...

Saving farmland is a sweet deal for New Hampshire maple producers

Picture, if you will, a maple sugar harvest. It’s a storybook scene: a snowy New England forest, a bucket hanging on every tree catching a ...

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A new community-owned forest keeps outdoor adventure in the lesson plan

Brianne Parker still remembers the conversation that sparked the outdoor education movement in Huntington, Vermont. It was five years ago ...

Cherry blossoms and the Jefferson Memorial

Five women leaders championing parks and public lands in Washington, DC

We believe every person in America deserves access to the outdoors. But today, 100 million people in America don’t have a park close to ...

This Women’s History Month, here’s my career advice for those coming up in the social impact sector

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Remembering the one-woman force of nature behind the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area

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Park Bench Chat: Preserving Black history for a more equitable future

Six insights: Preserving Black history for a more equitable future

We’re proud to be part of the growing movement to preserve and lift up a more accurate, equitable public memory of America. That was the ...

How preserving civil rights history shapes today’s fight for racial justice

Judy Forte says there are many people who don’t know about the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “We are taught certain facts ...

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 in the rearview, there’s a lot going on in Washington, DC, these days. So we ...

Thinking outside the classroom: During COVID-19, schools turn to outdoor learning

A year ago, Jeremy Kabinoff was already looking for reasons for his students to spend more time outside. “There are afternoons when you ...

Explore 15 parks honoring Black history

The National Register of Historic Places lists over 95,000 entries, from the famous (the Statue of Liberty) to the infamous (Alcatraz ...

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 ...

A new community-owned forest keeps outdoor adventure in the lesson plan

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

Neighborhood activist Taylor Toynes on parks and community power

Three ways U.S. cities are closing the park equity divide

A new collaboration with JPMorgan Chase for climate conservation in California

Just released: new data spurs movement to close the park equity divide

Prioritize environmental justice in the push for climate conservation goals

Help us transform this huge open space into Southern California’s newest coastal park

Four places to watch the spring bird migration in the U.S.

Los Angeles community organizer reflects on working for park equity during COVID-19

Park advocates and the outdoor industry are teaming up for public lands

Memorial to Japanese Americans imprisoned in WWII plays a part in today’s fight for justice

Magnets, motivators, uniters: the surprising superpowers of maps

From Ala Kahakai to Zion, 10 national parks where you’ve made a difference

"What would Jim do?"

Historian Alison Rose Jefferson on the generations-long fight for belonging at one Southern California beach

Saving farmland is a sweet deal for New Hampshire maple producers

A new community-owned forest keeps outdoor adventure in the lesson plan

Five women leaders championing parks and public lands in Washington, DC

This Women’s History Month, here’s my career advice for those coming up in the social impact sector

Remembering the one-woman force of nature behind the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area

Six insights: Preserving Black history for a more equitable future

How preserving civil rights history shapes today’s fight for racial justice

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

Thinking outside the classroom: During COVID-19, schools turn to outdoor learning

Explore 15 parks honoring Black history

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

A challenge inspired by the legacy of a remarkable conservationist

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