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Today, 10 Minute Walk, a national effort led by The Trust for Public Land (TPL), announced $350,000 in funding to ten nonprofits across eight major metropolitan areas to bolster local efforts to ensure that 100% of people in U.S. cities have safe, easy access to a park by 2050.
The Trust for Public Land, Green Mountain Club and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR), today announced the protection of Codding Hollow, adding 160.7 acres to Long Trail State Forest in Johnson and Waterville, Vermont.
A recent land acquisition protects the Kula water aquifer, habitat for endangered species, and community-based forest restoration opportunities. These lands are now protected in perpetuity thanks to federal, state, and non-profit partners.
During this public health crisis, data from The Trust for Public Land shows that over 100 million people in the U.S., including 28 million children, do not have access to a park within a 10-minute walk from home. For many of those that do have access, the quality of those parks is insufficient for community needs.
The Trust for Public Land today announced the permanent protection of over 2,600 acres of land at Bald Mountain Pond in Maine’s North Woods.
The Trust for Public Land (TPL) today released a groundbreaking new report on the importance of green schoolyards for student learning and recreation during the pandemic, and for ensuring communities are resilient in the face of the climate crisis.
The Trust for Public Land (TPL) today released a groundbreaking new report revealing that across the nation, parks serving primarily nonwhite populations are half the size of parks that serve majority white populations- and nearly five times as crowded.
Today, the President signed into law historic legislation that will dramatically expand needed access to parks and public lands with the full, dedicated, and permanent funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) as part of the Great American Outdoors Act.
The Trust for Public Land (TPL), Hoʻāla ‘Āina Kūpono (Ho'āla), the Fukumitsu ‘ohana, Hawaiian Islands Land Trust (HILT), the City and County of Honolulu’s Clean Water and Natural Lands Program (CWNL), and the State of Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Legacy Land Conservation Program (LLCP) announced today the acquisition and protection of 1.5 acres known as Hakipu‘u Lo‘i Kalo located in Hakipu‘u, Ko‘olaupoko, O‘ahu.
The Trust for Public Land today announced its selection of four local artists who will work with community members in three Philadelphia neighborhoods to express their experiences of extreme urban heat through public art.
