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The Rensselaer Plateau in New York State offers an exciting case study in collaboration, with public and private stakeholders joining together to foster conservation across property lines and political jurisdictions. The plateau is one of 165 conservation initiatives in the Northeast, from West Virginia to Maine, applying “a whole systems, large landscape approach” as part of a project by the Regional Plan Association. Learn more about the origins and outcomes of this model.
As Pennsylvania confronts the next massive wave of resource extraction – natural gas drilling, its citizens now have a primer on the lessons from their past owing to a recent decision from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on the constitutionality of Act 13, legislation from 2012 that sought to accommodate natural gas drilling. Learn more about what the court had to say about this controversial law.
I have to admit, I was more than a little bit intrigued to read Parked! How Congress’ Misplaced Priorities Are Trashing Our National Treasures, a report
On November 19, the 150th anniversary of President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership in collaboration with the Gettysburg National Military Park dedicated 248 trees (167 newly planted trees and 81 existing trees) on Bliss Farm as part of the Living Legacy Project. This effort is helping to restore the orchard that existed on the property at the time of the Battle of Gettysburg.
A visit to Australia prompts reflections on the ways in which Indigenous knowledge(s) and presence on the land is acknowledged (or not) in different settler-colonial societies, including the United States.
The Rensselaer Plateau in New York State offers an exciting case study in collaboration, with public and private stakeholders joining together to foster conservation across property lines and political jurisdictions. The plateau is one of 165 conservation initiatives in the Northeast, from West Virginia to Maine, applying “a whole systems, large landscape approach” as part of a project by the Regional Plan Association. Learn more about the origins and outcomes of this model.
As Pennsylvania confronts the next massive wave of resource extraction – natural gas drilling, its citizens now have a primer on the lessons from their past owing to a recent decision from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on the constitutionality of Act 13, legislation from 2012 that sought to accommodate natural gas drilling. Learn more about what the court had to say about this controversial law.
I have to admit, I was more than a little bit intrigued to read Parked! How Congress’ Misplaced Priorities Are Trashing Our National Treasures, a report
On November 19, the 150th anniversary of President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership in collaboration with the Gettysburg National Military Park dedicated 248 trees (167 newly planted trees and 81 existing trees) on Bliss Farm as part of the Living Legacy Project. This effort is helping to restore the orchard that existed on the property at the time of the Battle of Gettysburg.
A visit to Australia prompts reflections on the ways in which Indigenous knowledge(s) and presence on the land is acknowledged (or not) in different settler-colonial societies, including the United States.