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Chicago Tribune Share     With the global H1N1 flu pandemic showing no sign of abating, Walt Disney World has stepped up efforts to prevent swine flu and other viruses from spreading within its theme parks. Disney has installed dozens of bulk hand-sanitizer dispensers in high-traffic locations throughout the giant resort, including park entrances, hotel lobbies and busy character-meet-and-greet areas. More
Green space benefits The Niagra Falls Review Share
They're a staple in eco-warriors' arsenal. Trees and green spaces have long been touted for their carbon dioxide absorbing ways, their ability to create shade and reduce energy costs. Turns out the benefits of natural and landscaped green spaces also have some rather remarkable social benefits, being touted by non-profit Landscape Ontario. Think lowering crime rates, subduing road rage and helping children think more clearly. More Pennsylvania's new five-year Outdoor Recreation Plan focuses on outdoor activities News-Medical.net Share
Pennsylvania's new five-year Outdoor Recreation Plan shows a need to change the way policy-makers and communities approach outdoor recreation in light of a changing population that is increasingly more urban, and whose children have been spending less time outdoors. More
Brand new playground shapes up Roxbury Register Share
ROXBURY TWP. - Here’s what’s been decided so far: The new Imagination Station is going to contain a large pirate ship, with a steering wheel, with many sliding boards leading off of it. That was one idea, according to Imagination Station volunteer Barbara Martinez, that was taken to heart by architect Dennis Wille, of the firm Leathers and Associates of Ithaca, New York. The world-renowned playground designing firm is once again back in Roxbury Township, New Jersey 20 years after it first helped more than 1,000 Roxbury volunteers construct the first Imagination Station playground at the Horseshoe Lake recreational facility in Succasunna. Because the all-wooden Imagination Station no longer meets playground safety standards established by the state, it must come down. In its place will be constructed the new Imagination Station. More
Driving forces Atheltic Business Share
Municipal agencies spend countless resources developing and marketing recreation centers, all in an effort to attract people to recreation programs. But there is another strategy: take the programs to the people. Some cities are utilizing mobile recreation as a relatively affordable means through which to create positive and lasting experiences for those residents who, for whatever reason, have traditionally been shorted on recreation opportunities within a given community. More Park's impact goes well beyond natural beauty The Coloradoan Share
As Rocky Mountain National Park comes close to attracting 3 million visitors this year, a new study shows the park pumped more than $230 million into the economy of the surrounding region in 2008. The study, conducted by Michigan State University and the National Park Service, examines how much money park visitors and employees spent in the regions surrounding the 391 National Park Service sites nationwide in 2008. More
National park adds 91.5 acres The Morning Call Share
The freshwater wetlands and black spruce swamps of one of the largest pieces of private property within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area have officially been added to the park. In 1965, the DelGrosso family purchased the 91.5-acre tract, just east of the Delaware River in Sussex County, N.J., to protect the land's expansive forests for family outings, hiking and other recreation. Last year, the family agreed to sell the property to the Nature Conservancy for its appraised value of $1 million until the federal government allocated money for the park to buy the land. More
Woman helped create Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge Fort Worth Star-Telegram Share
The most beautiful bird Margaret Parker had ever seen caught her eye more than 40 years ago while she stood at her kitchen window. The indigo head, chartreuse back and brilliant red breast were so striking that Mrs. Parker bought an Audubon Society portfolio of birds to find out what it was. Flipping through the pages, she spotted it: a painted bunting - known as North America’s most spectacularly colored songbird. That moment of discovery, recalled by Mrs. Parker in a handwritten story about her life, helped spark a decades-long love of birding. It also motivated her to become a driving force in the creation of the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge, a 3,600-acre wildlife oasis in northwest Fort Worth enjoyed by generations of North Texans. More
North Carolina legislators head childhood obesity task force The Laurinburg Exchange Share
Two state legislators from Laurinburg have been tapped to tackle a problem weighing on the youth of North Carolina – childhood obesity. Rep. Doug Yongue, a retired educator, and Sen. Bill Purcell, a licensed doctor, are hoping to use their backgrounds to find realistic solutions as co-chairmen of the Legislative Task Force on Childhood Obesity. "Childhood obesity is a major problem in North Carolina with probably a third of our kids being obese," Purcell said. "We are going to look and see what specific things we can do to have an affect on this." More New Hampshire seeks adopt-a-park help for upkeep chores The Boston Globe Share
Up for adoption: a 5,000-ton boulder the size of a small house -- the largest known boulder of its type in New England -- listed as a National Natural Landmark and in one of New Hampshire's money-losing parks. New Hampshire's park system, the only self-funded system in the country, is looking to hand over some care and control of as many as half its 71 parks because the system can't afford their upkeep. More
A new park to save the plains KansasCity.com Share
In 1987, two Rutgers’ University researchers ignited a prairie fire by suggesting much of the high plains, including a large swath of Kansas farmland, should be returned to its natural state — what they called a Buffalo Commons. The idea, which envisioned parts of 10 prairie states being transformed into a massive short-grass prairie national park, was derided as impractical, impossible and un-American. But in the decades since, the population decline that spurred the plan not only continued, but accelerated. More
Background checks vital for volunteer groups Florida Today Share
Across America, nearly 62 million people volunteered at least once last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. If they worked with children, the elderly and the disabled they were likely screened for criminal red flags: drug felonies, domestic violence, child abuse, sex crimes. From youth soccer leagues and church groups to the Boy Scouts of America, hundreds of local, state and national organizations require their volunteers to go through background checks, sometimes at their own expense and sometimes at the volunteer's cost. More
Young BMX riders lobbying for skatepark action Times-Standard Share
Eureka, California area BMX riders are hoping they can convince Eureka's insurance provider to let them into the newly built skate park, an effort that incidentally has them learning how to be activists. ”It's making a difference for a city,” 16-year-old Dakota Frost said about participating in efforts to get BMX a legal pass into the new Eureka Skate Park. More |
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