Topic: Trust For Public Land

Hayes Valley Playground revamp caters to children

0 . The best public buildings, no matter how modest their size, accomplish two things at once. They do the job that people expect and then they go ...

Community floats waterfront plan to City

A western Queens environmental group has envisioned piers, boat launches and a pedestrian walkway connecting the parks along the Astoria and Long...
Students at Public School 181 in East Flatbush are in love with their new playground - because they designed it themselves.. . The city transformed...

Swiss billionaire puts $35M into MT conservation

0 . Philanthropist Hansjorg Wyss grew up in Switzerland and now spends the bulk of his time outside Philadelphia, but it is the wild landscapes of ...
Group says purchase of Montana claims wraps up New World Mine conservation effortA conservation group said Tuesday that it has finalized the purchase of mining claims north of Yellowstone National Park, a deal that wraps up the effort to protect the area ...
<div id="subtitle">Big donation from Hugh Hefner helps spare Hollywood sign from urban sprawl</div><div><p>The Hollywood sign, a beacon to stars and star-struck alike, has been saved from urban sprawl under a land conservation pact announced Monday after ...

New Jersey protects more open space from development

The first of two long-anticipated conservation projects within the Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge was recently completed, The Trust for Public Land, Frankford Township, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Natural Lands Trust, and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ...

How We Reached Our Rankings

We looked at the percentage of households that own dogs because a) dogs love company; and b) a high rate suggests lots of dog-lovers and a dog-friendly atmosphere. The Trust for Public Land lists dog parks, referring to a park or section ...
Come summertime, urbanites often envy those living in bucolic spots like Big Sur, Calif., Aspen, Colo., and Burlington, Vt. Seattle residents can tune out while running a stretch of the city's 75 miles of trails. Using research from the nonprofit organization ...

Saving Seaside Towns

Holbrook's Wharf According to the Island Institute, all but roughly 10 miles of Maine's mainland coast is privately owned and subject to development. One of the state's few remaining working waterfronts, Holbrook's Wharf in Cundy's Harbor consists ...