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Rochester Parks
News Release: By the 1880s, many local landowners with the desire for a public park would donate their own property for this purpose. In 1888, Rochester, New York’s Board of Park Commissioners had acquired land from locals and hired Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux to develop a comprehensive park system. Olmsted and Vaux proposed three large parks, ranging from 20 to 800-acres, with the hope of capturing the area’s landscape characteristics and scenery.
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Rocky Mountain National Park Announces Summer Seasonal Hiker Shuttle Operations Begin May 26
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park will operate the Hiker Shuttle during the 2023 summer season beginning on Friday, May 26. 7-day service will operate May 26 through September 4. Beginning on September 9, Saturday and Sunday only service will continue through October 22.
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Piedras Marcadas Canyon Petroglyph Viewing Trail Stop 6
News Release: This is Stop 6, the second to last audio tour stop along the Petroglyph Viewing Trail in Piedras Marcadas Canyon. You have hiked approximately 1 mile, or 1.6 kilometers.
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Newton Centre Playground
News Release: Newton Centre Playground was created out of civic interest and involvement, most of it coming from local neighbors. The Newton Centre Improvement Association provided funds for the city’s first public playground, with its initial design prepared by the F.L. and J.C Olmsted firm. Originally designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, firm member Herbert J. Kellaway took over the design, and after starting his own landscape architecture firm, submitted a revised plan in 1908.
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BLM Southwest District RAC sheep grazing sub-committee to meet May 9
News Release: Montrose, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Southwest District Resource Advisory Council will hold the third meeting of a sub-committee formed to study domestic sheep grazing in bighorn sheep habitat on May 9 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The discussion will focus on economics related to livestock...
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National Jr. Ranger Day at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace is fast approaching!
News Release: HODGENVILLE Ky - Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park will be culminating National Park week with our Jr. Ranger Day Celebration! Visit the Birthplace Unit anytime from 9:00 a.m. (ET) to 5:00 p.m. (ET) on Saturday, April 29, 2023 to pick up your special Jr. Ranger Day items available only on this special day.
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Restoring Native Plants in the Great Meadow Wetland
News Release: Looking across the swaying grasses and brilliant blooming shrubs of the Great Meadow, you might think the wet meadow is in pristine condition. But, decades of disturbances have altered the way water flows through the wetland. Old road beds, ditches, and an undersized culvert at the outlet of the meadow...
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Day's Park
News Release: In 1886, Buffalo’s Board of Park Commissioners wanted to expand their park system to include not just the large parks and parkways but smaller grounds as well. As the city did with their large parks, they turned to Frederick Law Olmsted for their small ones. In April 1887, Olmsted submitted his plan...
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Piedras Marcadas Canyon Petroglyph Viewing Trail Stop 2
News Release: You’ve reached stop 2 along the Petroglyph Viewing Trail in Piedras Marcadas Canyon. You have hiked.34 miles, or.55 kilometers.
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Pertussis
News Release: (This page is part of a series. For information on other illnesses that can affect NPS employees, volunteers, commercial use providers, and visitors, please see the NPS A-Z Health Topics index.).
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Reclamation awards $4 million for new and innovative water treatment technologies
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation awarded funding for 15 projects under the Desalination and Water Purification Research program. The research projects are innovative solutions that seek to reduce water treatment costs and improve performance.
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Synchronous firefly lottery and viewing dates announced
News Release: GATLINBURG, Tenn.-Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host the annual synchronous firefly viewing opportunity at Elkmont from Sunday, June 4 through Sunday, June 11. The public may apply for the limited viewing opportunity by entering a lottery for a vehicle reservation through www.recreation.gov.
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Dyker Beach
News Release: In 1895, Brooklyn, New York, still three years away from becoming part of New York City, acquired 144-acres of marshland with the intention of transforming it into a park to serve the waterside neighborhood of immigrants. Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot were hired to transform the marsh into 50-acres of tidal saltwater lagoon surrounded by plantings, a concert grove, playgrounds, and other community amenities.
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Piedras Marcadas Canyon Petroglyph Viewing Trail Stop 3
News Release: You are now at Stop 3 along the Petroglyph Viewing Trail in Piedras Marcadas Canyon, and have hiked.37 miles, or.6 kilometers.
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BLM seeks comments on proposed Golden Currant Solar Project near Pahrump
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on the proposed Golden Currant Solar Project in Clark County, Nevada. A 45-day scoping comment period will open on April 25, 2023, and will close June 9, 2023.
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Information Now Available for Federal Subsistence Fishing Permits in the Upper Copper River
News Release: COPPER CENTER, AK - Federal subsistence fishing in the Upper Copper River District opens on May 15. This fishing opportunity is available to qualified local rural residents and a federal permit is required. The permit is a household permit, and only one permit will be issued per household for a given subdistrict. Subsistence fish wheels must be registered by the owner through either the National Park Service or the Glennallen office of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
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Ruggles Park
News Release: In 1868, the city of Fall River, Massachusetts purchased a section of farmland, known then as Ruggles Grove. Originally lush with trees, by the turn of the century many of those trees were gone and the land was looking worse for wear. By 1901, Fall River had established it’s Parks Commission, and with $182,000 (over $6 million today) they hired Olmsted Brothers to design their parks.
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Seneca Park (Rochester)
News Release: At the northernmost section of Rochester New York’s Park System, the 297-acre Seneca Park sits, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in 1893. The three-mile park is on both sides of the Genesee River, with the intention to provide public access to the river while also preserving the area from development. The original plan for Seneca Park called for tree-lined carriage drives and a network of paths that would minimize disturbances caused from grading.
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Piedras Marcadas Canyon Petroglyph Viewing Trail Stop 7
News Release: You have reached Stop 7, the final stop in the Piedras Marcadas Canyon audio tour. You are now 1.07 miles, or 1.7 kilometers from the trailhead. Turn around to return to the parking lot which is 0.7 miles, or 1.1 kilometers from this point. If continue up the escarpment and follow the North Rim trail, it will be an additional 1.4 miles, or 2.25 kilometers to the main parking lot.
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Piedras Marcadas Canyon Petroglyph Viewing Trail Stop 1
News Release: Welcome to stop 1 of the Petroglyph Viewing Trail in Piedras Marcadas Canyon. You've hiked 2 tenths of a mile or.32 kilometers.