Learn how NRPA is exploring opportunities to cultivate outdoor enthusiasts using parks, green spaces, planning and facilities to address environmental justice issues.
Explore how technology, art, sports and play offer unique ways to help children build a positive connection to nature and the environment.
Learn how public-private partnerships support resilient, climate-ready communities.
Learn about the complex and nuanced effects of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 on park and recreation agencies.
Discover how NRPA partners with the park and recreation field to advance sustainable plans and strategies through advocacy and education.
Consider how park and recreation professionals can convert unused turf grass into vibrant habitats to support biodiversity and local wildlife.
Learn how Maui County is integrating sea-level rise and coastal threats into planning.
Insight into who the Diné Bikéyah are and how more equitable conclusions can be reached.
To get the most out of our workplaces, it is imperative that we understand multi-generational dynamics and the differing viewpoints and experiences that our co-workers may have.
When recruiting staff for your agency, consider targeting often overlooked or marginalized populations through community partners, elected officials and targeted recruitment.
A BioBlitz is an event where community scientists observe and document flora and fauna in an area to capture a snapshot of a place’s biodiversity.
In Atlanta, along a 22-mile loop of open and planned trails and parks, the Atlanta BeltLine is building a legacy of equity and wellness for its residents.
As we grapple with everyday challenges due to climate change and social inequities, can park programs become spaces for communities to come together, and find hope and inspiration to confront these challenges?
Just asking two or three simple questions can help park and recreation professionals and people outside of the field to think about the role of parks in community resilience.
Ensuring our parks benefit everyone is essential to guaranteeing resilient, healthy and equitable communities.
The Riverwalk Atlanta project will reconnect the city to its waterfront by providing access to the river’s edge.
As summer’s warmer temperatures lead to higher concentrations of ground-level ozone, older adults and children are likely to be affected by resulting health ailments.
Here are a few ways parks help reduce community vulnerability and improve resilience.
The National Park Service has been collecting and analyzing data used to understand night sky quality for 20 years.
Through intentional efforts, cities can determine priorities for creating new natural areas if the desired result is to provide more equitable access.
Learn why park and wildlife agencies should collaborate.
Learn more about this natural solution for the Northbrook Park District in Illinois.
As stewards of the land, park and recreation professionals have the opportunity to ensure equitable climate solutions are incorporated in communities across the country.
The Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy (SECAS) is working with the broader conservation community to develop a cross-boundary plan to address climate change.
Learn why we must invest in safe streets to move people to parks, trails, restaurants, transit stops, schools and jobs.
How to approach volunteer and outreach programs through an equity lens.
Anyone can sign up to host an NRPA BioBlitz to receive all the toolkits needed to run the event.
The grant-funded project, Second Street Landscaping Project, enabled vegetation and green stormwater infrastructure to be installed along this pre-existing trail.
Adaptive resource management is a structured, iterative process that allows for robust decision making in the face of uncertainty by learning from previous management outcomes.
Park and recreation professionals at Evanston Parks and Recreation District are working to transform the underutilized space into a year-round outdoor recreational area for their community.
In its second decade, SITES promises to use its growing influence as a municipal governance tool with the goal of codifying NRPA’s Three Pillars into local policy.
Learn how Louisville Parks and Recreation has taken significant steps toward addressing systemic issues within the structure of its natural areas program.
Since the issuing of the stay-home-work-safe order in April 2020, the city of Houston, Texas, has seen markedly more use of its nature spaces.
Small groups of older adults are likely to engage in personal action if they believe others in the group would do what is needed to protect the environment.
NRPA has identified green infrastructure and how it can be supported and implemented in local parks as a top legislative priority.
A Sun Club sustainability grant provided to the Frick Environmental Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, helped the center to reduce its environmental impact while promoting sustainability in the community.
The Forest Preserves of Cook County, Illinois addresses institutionalized racism by examining how it has impacted the patterns of investment in and stewardship of the preserves.
Due to the pandemic, our communities are reconnecting with nature. How can we ensure they continue to engage with open spaces?
Understand how partnering with local public health agencies can help protect your community from vector-related illnesses.
Incorporating green infrastructure into parks can help boost their overall benefit to communities through increased health, environmental, social and economic benefits.
Story County, Iowa, and its partners create a learning corridor that not only brings people together, but also helps to improve the economy, environment and quality of life.
Sasaki design firm looks at how to use conservation as a main driver of form and function, all while achieving the goals of restoring the environment, reestablishing habitat and, ultimately, connecting people to nature.
Learn how conservation corps programs are inspiring youth and young adults to become park stewards.
As we look back and recognize the strides we have made in conservation, we can also look to the future and determine what tools and tactics we need to address today’s threats.
Twitter study shows the greener the urban green space, the more cheerful people become.
With the help of NRPA’s Great Urban Parks Grant, the green infrastructure transformation of Henrietta Lacks Education Park in Baltimore is inspiring community involvement in parks and recreation.
Two recent Atlanta park development projects exemplify the equitable outcomes that can be achieved through community-driven design processes.
The BES aims to understand the city as a living, ecological system and has brought together researchers from across the country to investigate the unique urban aspect on varied topics.
So, what was learned from the first-ever national information gathering about pollinators?
See how public artists are creating works that engage people and stimulate discovery, dialogue and even action.
