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NHA@30 New National Parks in the 1990s: Thinning of the Blood or a Much Needed Transfusion?

Reflections on a paper, originally written in 1991, which argued in favor of managing park units at a landscape scale. More than 20 years later, this concept is a widely accepted conservation practice, yet the National Park Service often still struggles in engaging its National Heritage Area partners in implementing these ideas in jointly in regions across the country.

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Fabos Conference: Building a Movement

Landscape architects, regional planners, academics, and students from over 20 countries came together at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for the Fabos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning (April 11-12, 2013). The gathering engaged experts who are influencing landscape planning, policy making and greenway planning from the local to international level.

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Another Close Call for Heritage Areas

Just when you think things cannot get any more dire for the National Heritage Areas,Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) proposed an amendment to the recent budget continuing resolution to strip away half of the funding for the program ($8.1 Million). Learn more about what happened.

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NHA@30 New National Parks in the 1990s: Thinning of the Blood or a Much Needed Transfusion?

Reflections on a paper, originally written in 1991, which argued in favor of managing park units at a landscape scale. More than 20 years later, this concept is a widely accepted conservation practice, yet the National Park Service often still struggles in engaging its National Heritage Area partners in implementing these ideas in jointly in regions across the country.

Read More »

Fabos Conference: Building a Movement

Landscape architects, regional planners, academics, and students from over 20 countries came together at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for the Fabos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning (April 11-12, 2013). The gathering engaged experts who are influencing landscape planning, policy making and greenway planning from the local to international level.

Read More »

Another Close Call for Heritage Areas

Just when you think things cannot get any more dire for the National Heritage Areas,Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) proposed an amendment to the recent budget continuing resolution to strip away half of the funding for the program ($8.1 Million). Learn more about what happened.

Read More »