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Kellogg Park in Los Angeles, CA.
Annie Bang
#SaveLWCF to help cities reach green space goals
Everyone deserves a park within a 10-minute walk. See how the Land and Water Conservation Fund is helping cities build parks where they're needed most.

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Men on horses, Sky Island Ranches - El Coronado Ranch in Southeastern Arizona, Nov. 11, 2014. Pictured: Jesse Hoge, Kevin St. Clair. 2014, AZ, Sky Island Grasslands, Working Lands, Wilcox, La Cienega Ranch, Animals/Wildlife|Mountains|Recreation|Lake|Rural/Agriculture|, Chris Hinkle
Chris Hinkle
Restored Arizona ranch is where the wild things are
“The cattle operation is important, but it’s just one aspect of my responsibility to this land."

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Participatory design workshop for our boulder in Montbello Park on January 28, 2018. The workshop took place at the American Mountaineering Center (710 10th St, Golden, CO 80401) with The North Face, ELK, Brown Girls who Climb, Brothers of Climbing, ID Sculpture and others.
Lorenzo Dawkins
New climbers find a foothold in neighborhood parks
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Remember the Removal Bike Ride
A ride to remember: Cherokee cyclists trace the Trail of Tears
50 years ago, Congress created the National Trails System. Today, we're celebrating the trails that keep us connected to our shared heritage.

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A man in a wheelchair on a high mountain trail

July 11, 2018

Whatever the trail throws at him, “4-Wheel Bob” pushes through

To reach Kearsarge Pass in the southern Sierra Nevada, you’ll need to ascend 2,600 feet in 11 miles, over big boulders and through loose ...

A train platform at the Appalachian Trail

June 19, 2018

New York commuters’ next stop: the Appalachian Trail

On weekdays New York City’s commuter trains are all business, shuttling briefcase-toting commuters between Manhattan and the suburbs. But ...

June 14, 2018

Once nearly lost to sprawl, the Columbia River Gorge remains a timeless escape

Summer is the high season in the Columbia River Gorge, backyard playground for millions of people in the Pacific Northwest. When spring ...

May 31, 2018

California voters: here’s what people are saying about Prop 68

UPDATE: California voters pass Prop 68! “Pretty much anybody at this point can ...

April 17, 2018

When private golf courses land in the rough, communities tee up public parks

In many parts of the country, golf courses are struggling to turn a profit: by some estimates, 800 have closed down in just the past decade ...

March 28, 2018

Earthly miracles: preserving a pilgrimage in New Mexico

The road to the village of Chimayo winds through the foothills of New Mexico’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains. It’s usually a quiet highway, ...

December 22, 2017

On the Appalachian Trail, a summit reached and a promise kept

Mount Katahdin marks the end of many long journeys. The 5,267-foot peak is Maine’s highest point, the summit of a formidably steep and ...

July 27, 2017

Protecting a park that’s ‘so L.A.’

In a city as enormous and diverse as Los Angeles, it’s debatable whether there’s any such thing as the quintessential park experience. But ...

A young man rides a bike on a muddy trail

July 20, 2017

Momentum for this new park comes from a young bike racer not afraid to go big

Like a lot of high school students, Brandon Robinson had a hard time getting excited about math class. “He’d sit in the back and grumble—I ...

July 14, 2017

Take it “SLO” along the Central California Coast

San Luis Obispo—or SLO, as it’s known to locals—is a town of about 50,000 people tucked into the rolling hills on the Central California ...

A woman and her son walk on a trail above a valley

June 8, 2017

All across the country, budget cuts put conservation at risk

When it comes to the federal budget, it’s easy to get lost in the numbers. But behind every proposed cut are real communities—including ...

Sun shines on a valley viewed from a mountainside

June 1, 2017

A Vermont 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 ...

May 22, 2017

Solving the puzzle of sustainable growth in the real Twin Peaks

It’s a big week for fans of the TV show Twin Peaks: after a 25-year hiatus, the series wrapped up its third season on Sunday night ...

Denver skyline from Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

May 12, 2017

When the park across the street is a world away

There's a big blank spot on the map of the Denver metro. In the city’s northeast corner, the grid ends abruptly in an open prairie. Instead ...

A view of Napa Valley from Oat Hill Mine Trail

April 11, 2017

Wine-country conservation: bold start, sweet finish?

Mention California’s Napa Valley and most people think wine country, not wilderness. But beyond the vineyards and tasting rooms you’ll also ...

February 23, 2017

Up for a challenge? Consider the Continental Divide—the over, around, and thru-hike

Thanks in part to movies Wild and A ...

January 19, 2017

In the Seattle metro, a new bike path gets kids to school the old-fashioned way

Despite its notoriously wet winters and some seriously steep hills, Seattle is a two-wheeled triumph: its residents commute by bike at a ...

January 12, 2017

The California Coastal National Monument comes ashore

The California Coastal National Monument is not your typical park. For one thing, it’s 1,100 miles long, stretching the full distance ...

December 21, 2016

In Hawaii, volunteers carve out a future for a trail to the past

One evening, years ago, Dennis Hart’s mother told him that she wanted to go for a hike. She was in her 80s then, her health unsteady, but ...

December 5, 2016

Is everyone in on 'America’s best idea’? The National Park Service looks inward

If you’ve ever explored a national park—especially one of the busier ones, like Yosemite or Yellowstone—you might have noticed all kinds of ...

November 9, 2016

A Cleveland neighborhood's long-awaited link to the lakefront

From the door of her apartment, Artyene Wilson can see the sparkling expanse of Lake Erie stretching away to the horizon. “You can’t beat ...

An old mining-town building seen through an empty door frame

October 9, 2016

In the mountains of Montana, a window to the past

If you’ve spent some time road-tripping, you know that “ghost town” can mean a lot of things: from the rubble of a few foundations—the ...

Historic photograph of Northfield, Massachusetts

October 5, 2016

The New England town that wouldn't take no for an answer

On a cool, wet evening in early May, J.T. Horn found himself pacing outside of a high school gym in Northfield, Massachusetts. Behind the ...

August 25, 2016

A hundred years of asking what—and where—matters most

“What a country chooses to save is what a country chooses to say about itself.” We’re thinking about these words from boundary- ...

August 17, 2016

In a heat wave, parks are literally the coolest

It’s 2 o’clock on a hot summer afternoon. You’re getting ready to meet some friends at the park for a game of basketball. Which t-shirt ...

#SaveLWCF to help cities reach green space goals

Restored Arizona ranch is where the wild things are

New climbers find a foothold in neighborhood parks

A ride to remember: Cherokee cyclists trace the Trail of Tears