What’s Old Is New Again: Grand Teton Leads the Way in Re-Envisioning Historic Buildings
By Daniel Saxton, NPCA’s Center for Park Research’s Senior Program Coordinator There are approximately 9,600 historic buildings in the National Park System and just about as many creative ways to put them back into service or open them up for the public to explore and enjoy. These are buildings with character, style, and often a rich story to tell. They [...]
Friday Photo: Giving Creative Life to Discarded Plastic
The new issue of National Parks magazine is online this week (and in mailboxes soon), and its cover features a striking collection of soft-hued objects arranged on a plate. Their shapes curve in different directions; their blues and soft purples play against each other with a subtle sense of harmony. From a distance, the objects almost look like candy, or frosted glass. On closer inspection, [...]
646 Billion More Reasons to Love the Outdoors
“Everything grows outside, including jobs and the economy.” So begins a report released yesterday by the Outdoor Industry Association touting the positive impact outdoor recreation has on the U.S. economy. The trade association commissioned the study as an update to a similar economic impact assessment it published in 2006, and the group sums up much of its message with this massive figure: $646 billion. That’s how much [...]
Focus on Water: New GeoStory Highlights Park Champions
Summer officially begins today, and with it comes long, hot days with many hours of sunlight. It’s a time when outside activities—especially those involving water—reign supreme. In celebration of summer, we invite you to get to know 12 park champions who are restoring, conserving, and educating others about our national waters and our national parks. The stories that they tell [...]
On the Edge: Fracking and the Fate of Theodore Roosevelt National Park
By Ann Mallick, NPCA’s Environmental Sustainability Intern Craning my neck through the car window, my first impressions of Theodore Roosevelt National Park were hills, extending for miles under a stretch of blue skies and distant clouds. The heat was overwhelming, but the enigmatic new landscape had sparked my 11-year-old curiosity, and I stuck my nose to the window in eager [...]
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