Responsible Solar Power: We Can’t Build It Just Anywhere Under the Sun
By Dr. Guy DiDonato, Natural Resources Program Manager for NPCA’s Center for Park Research; David Lamfrom, NPCA’s California Desert Senior Program Manager; and Elizabeth Meyers, Information and Outreach Manager for NPCA’s Center for Park Research Location, location, location. These simple but wise words apply to homebuyers and business owners alike. They also apply to energy developers—some places just are not [...]
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, [...]
Park Service Opens Its First “Net Zero” Visitor Center in the Santa Monica Mountains
Correction, 6/28/2012: This story initially stated that the Anthony C. Beilenson Visitor Center was the first platinum LEED-certified visitor center in the National Park System. It should have said that it was the first “net zero” visitor center–meaning that the building produces 100% of the energy it uses through its own renewable energy. In fact, Denali National Park and Lassen [...]
Friday Photo: Happy National Oceans Month!
The federal government has officially declared June National Oceans Month, and the Department of the Interior celebrated today by sharing photos and information on a few of the most beautiful coastal destinations in the National Park System—reminding many of us on a Friday afternoon that we’d rather be at the beach. With more than 11,000 miles of coastline in the National Park [...]
Valley on Fire: A Rallying Call to Save the Desert from Solar Sunburn
By David Lamfrom, NPCA’s California Desert Senior Program Manager We are driving east on a rugged powerline road in Clark Mountain’s shadow. The 8,000-foot peak is covered in snow. Pinyon-juniper forest commands the windshield view, with Joshua tree woodland in the rearview. As we negotiate the rocky pass with its perilous drop-off, we see the shimmering dry lakebed of Ivanpah [...]
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