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Frog Town Park, St. Paul Minnesota, October 4, 2018.
Andy Richter Photography
There's a new #1 for city parks in America
Check out the findings from our 2019 ParkScore® index, and see how your city's parks compare!

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This constitutes a good day at school. Glen Helen Nature Preserve in Yellow Springs, OH.
Kelly Fortener
Notes on (saving) camp
Across the country, grown-up camp kids are rallying to protect the places they remember.

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Mary Ann Twitty
In a "forgotten" vacant lot, neighbors dream of a new park
For decades, residents of Chattanooga’s Oak Grove neighborhood have made the most of the empty space on Lynnbrook Avenue.

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A view of the landscape of the Stillwater property in Montana.
© Steven Gnam
Water comes first as this small town grows
In Whitefish, Montana, long-time locals are saving the streams that will guarantee their community a sustainable future.

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September 12, 2019

Coming soon: a new state park in southern Colorado

Juan De La Roca was ready to leave Colorado behind. For 25 years, he’d lived, worked, and played in the mountains around Denver and Boulder ...

Waimea Valley, a tropical river flowing through green forest

August 22, 2019

A new chapter for an ancient refuge in Hawai'i

The Waimea Valley has always been a place of refuge. Today, the lush canyon on the North Shore of O'ahu has a botanical garden and a shaded ...

August 9, 2019

Inside Bozeman's a-maze-ing new park

Last month, we threw a great big party to celebrate the grand opening of the brand new Story Mill Community Park in Bozeman, Montana. The ...

August 6, 2019

The park access solution that’s hiding in plain sight

America has a park problem. Nature is essential for healthy, happy communities, but today, 100 million people in this country—a third of us ...

A man carries a woman in a backpack on a hike through a green field

August 2, 2019

This "dream team" relies on each other to explore the wilderness

If you like getting outside, you know how important it is to find an adventure buddy: someone who’s as excited as you are to hit the trail ...

July 19, 2019

In New Mexico, mapping Georgia O'Keeffe's legacy on the land

Georgia O’Keeffe traveled and painted all over the world, but for much of her life, the high desert of northern New Mexico was her home. ...

July 12, 2019

True-blue conservation in Maine

Around this time of year, a strange condition starts to spread among the inhabitants of central Maine. During long summer days outside, ...

July 1, 2019

Recipes for your next barbecue, from growers we know and love

Don’t show up empty-handed to your Fourth of July festivities! Check out our collection of fresh summer recipes from growers we've met ...

June 28, 2019

Five threats to the Pacific Crest Trail, and how we’re fighting back

UPDATE: Great news! We're proud to announce we've protected 17 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail at ...

Jolie Varela holds a banner and smiles at the front of a march

June 26, 2019

"There's no substitute for being able to tell your own story."

Journalist and photographer Michael A. Estrada doesn’t shy away from the big questions. And right now the biggest question driving his art ...

A man walks in front of the Stonewall Inn

June 19, 2019

At Stonewall, remembering a turning point in the fight for LGBTQ rights

In the late 1960s, the Stonewall Inn—a bar on the ground floor of a modest brick building in Greenwich Village—was a popular gathering ...

June 17, 2019

Notes on (saving) camp

Picture this: you’re ten years old again, and you’ve just endured nine whole months of fifth grade. But you did it! You made it ...

A boy smiles at the camera at a community event

June 13, 2019

In a "forgotten" vacant lot, neighbors dream of a new park

For decades, residents of Chattanooga’s Oak Grove neighborhood have made the most of the forgotten space on Lynnbrook Avenue. It’s not much ...

June 3, 2019

Check your mailbox ... Land&People magazine is here!

Need a summer reading suggestion? Check your mailbox for the latest issue of Land&People magazine! Land&People is a twice-yearly ...

May 30, 2019

The mother-daughter duo making great strides on the North Country Trail

Laurie and Andrea Kass are on a mission. The mother-daughter duo from Marquette, Michigan, aim to hike at least 100 miles on the North ...

May 22, 2019

There's a new #1 for city parks in America

The Trust for Public Land’s 2019 ParkScore® rankings are out today, and there’s a big shake-up at the top! Washington, DC, climbed into ...

Long distance trail expert and author Liz Thomas begins her city thru-hiking tour of New York City. She’ll be hiking 175 miles through all 5 boroughs—a route connecting more than a hundred NYC playgrounds built by The Trust for Public Land.

May 15, 2019

This is not your average walk in a park

The veteran of more than 20 long-distance wilderness hikes, Liz Thomas knows how to navigate the most remote, wild places on earth. She set ...

May 3, 2019

Three hot-button issues that affect our public lands—and how you can help

Public lands advocates like you helped score a big victory for parks and open space this spring, when the President signed a bill to ...

May 2, 2019

Water comes first as this small town grows

For over a century, Whitefish, Montana has been a hard-working timber and mining town in the majestic Flathead Valley outside Glacier ...

April 15, 2019

On the Gulf Coast, rebuilding parks is key to disaster recovery

Nine years ago this week, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, opening a hole on the seafloor that nobody knew how ...

April 2, 2019

Three innovative ways we're growing green space in cities

In Cleveland, planting trees is the first step of a long journey to create welcoming green space in a public housing community. In Chicago ...

March 28, 2019

On these trails, it's not whether you win or lose—it's how you run the race

Ever watch the Olympics on TV? You notice how nervous tension builds before a race: In the moments just before the starting gun, the camera ...

March 21, 2019

Which U.S. city is top dog for dog parks?

Here’s a trend that ought to set some tails wagging: since The Trust for Public Land first started keeping track in 2009, the number of ...

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March 14, 2019

How to green your city: advice from real people behind great parks

Behind every spruced-up playground, every picnic-bench lunch spot, and every mile of greenway are dedicated people who put their time, ...

March 12, 2019

What does ensuring access to nature have to do with fighting climate change?

Whether you like it, hate it, or still don’t quite understand what it is, the Green New Deal has emerged as one of the most talked-about ...

There's a new #1 for city parks in America

Notes on (saving) camp

In a "forgotten" vacant lot, neighbors dream of a new park

Water comes first as this small town grows

Coming soon: a new state park in southern Colorado

A new chapter for an ancient refuge in Hawai'i

Inside Bozeman's a-maze-ing new park

The park access solution that’s hiding in plain sight

This "dream team" relies on each other to explore the wilderness

In New Mexico, mapping Georgia O'Keeffe's legacy on the land

True-blue conservation in Maine

Recipes for your next barbecue, from growers we know and love

Five threats to the Pacific Crest Trail, and how we’re fighting back

"There's no substitute for being able to tell your own story."

At Stonewall, remembering a turning point in the fight for LGBTQ rights

Notes on (saving) camp

In a "forgotten" vacant lot, neighbors dream of a new park

Check your mailbox ... Land&People magazine is here!

The mother-daughter duo making great strides on the North Country Trail

There's a new #1 for city parks in America

This is not your average walk in a park

Three hot-button issues that affect our public lands—and how you can help

Water comes first as this small town grows

On the Gulf Coast, rebuilding parks is key to disaster recovery

Three innovative ways we're growing green space in cities

On these trails, it's not whether you win or lose—it's how you run the race

Which U.S. city is top dog for dog parks?

How to green your city: advice from real people behind great parks

What does ensuring access to nature have to do with fighting climate change?

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