What’s in a (Public Lands) Name?
April 27, 2017
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A full recording is now available for this webinar. The moderated conversation highlights the history of the Conservation Landscape program in Pennsylvania, a unique state-supported
Please join the Living Landscape Observer on April 1, 2022 from 1:00pm to 1:45pm for a moderated discussion with Cindy Dunn, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation. Learn about the Pennsylvania Conservation Landscapes Program. Register now.
The National Park Service Advisory Board released Charting a Future for National Heritage Areas in 2007. What progress has been made on the report’s recommendations over the past sixteen years.
This year, our most popular stories were a mix of old and new. Readers gained inspiration from posts that reflected on the past, while also reading stories calling for action in the present and future.
In 2020, it often seemed as if each day held a year’s worth of headlines. As a result, stories that might have merited front page coverage in the recent past managed to escape significant media and public scrutiny. Our most popular post of 2020, “While We Were Not Watching,” tried to capture some of these missing narratives, especially as they related to the protection (or lack thereof) of large landscapes. More hopeful writings on the potential for large landscape conservation to aid in economic revitalization or contribute to the practice of interpretation and storytelling, also garnered attention over the past year.
A full recording is now available for this webinar. The moderated conversation highlights the history of the Conservation Landscape program in Pennsylvania, a unique state-supported
Please join the Living Landscape Observer on April 1, 2022 from 1:00pm to 1:45pm for a moderated discussion with Cindy Dunn, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation. Learn about the Pennsylvania Conservation Landscapes Program. Register now.
The National Park Service Advisory Board released Charting a Future for National Heritage Areas in 2007. What progress has been made on the report’s recommendations over the past sixteen years.
This year, our most popular stories were a mix of old and new. Readers gained inspiration from posts that reflected on the past, while also reading stories calling for action in the present and future.
In 2020, it often seemed as if each day held a year’s worth of headlines. As a result, stories that might have merited front page coverage in the recent past managed to escape significant media and public scrutiny. Our most popular post of 2020, “While We Were Not Watching,” tried to capture some of these missing narratives, especially as they related to the protection (or lack thereof) of large landscapes. More hopeful writings on the potential for large landscape conservation to aid in economic revitalization or contribute to the practice of interpretation and storytelling, also garnered attention over the past year.