Across

    1  Insects that create wonder and light, under environmental threat

    6  It navigates using echolocation

    8  Key pillar of NRPA

  10  Adage or cutting tool

  11  Nightfall

  12  Prune a branch, say

  13  Threefold

  14  Night flier

  15  “Love is the ___ of life in the world” Henry Beecher

  16  Hot or cold drink

  17  “Contemporary Father of Play Advocacy," who recently passed, Dr. Joe ____

  20  Renowned pollinator

  22  Expression of surprise

  23  Exercise class (abbr.)

  24  Environmentally friendly park areas, 2 words

  29  Desktops

  30  Body that runs an accreditation process for parks, abbr.

  31  School transport

Down

    1  Concentrate

    2  Creating new green urban areas, e.g.

    3  Wide open space

    4  Unwanted type of species

    5  Meets

    6  Important campaign to raise awareness in the pollinator crisis, Pollinator _____

    7  Flag football score, abbr.

    9  Aquatic park amenities, 2 words

  13  “We are born believing, A man bears beliefs as a ___ bears apples" Emerson

  14  ___ the beaten path

  15  Track groove

  18  Course events

  19  Visit

  20  Snake species found in the Everglades

  21  Time before an event

  24  Cumberland ___, Tenn.

  25  Central Park locale, abbr.

  26  Young dog park lover

  27  Financial consultant, briefly

  28  Stand in (for)