Tag: park

To Resurrect Jordan’s Lost Forests, People Plant Tiny Urban Ones

Good News Notes: “At a park in the east Amman neighborhood of Marka, a local street cat stalks two small birds past shrubs and saplings. Deema Assaf, an architect turned environmentalist, stops talking for a moment to watch the interaction. Only a few feet from the oblivious birds, the cat freezes. Then it loses interest…

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Cleanup begins for vacant lot in Trenton that had become an illegal dump

 Good News Notes: “Volunteers, neighborhood residents and government officials gathered on a cold and windy Thursday morning to mark the beginning of the cleanup of an illegal dumping ground in Trenton. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection joined forces with United by Blue and the East Trenton Collaborative to clean up what once had…

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French Fire Reforestation Project Wraps Up Near NF

 Good News Notes: “After more than three years, work is wrapping up on a project to reforest thousands of acres scorched by 2014’s French Fire. ‘The French Fire reforestation project ends but the work continues,’ according to officials at the Yosemite Sequoia Resource Conservation and Development Council, which has guided the reforestation effort. The nonprofit…

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Santee’s Mast Park prepares grand unveiling of $10-million overhaul

Good News Notes: “Santee’s $10-million renovation of Mast Park is ready for the public to enjoy. The city will hold a grand opening of the 80-acre park on Saturday, Feb. 1, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mast Park’s transformation has more than doubled the park’s usable space, including features like an expanded dog park,…

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Fun For All

http://www.fox35orlando.com/entertainment/attractions/discovery-cove-becomes-first-animal-interaction-park-to-be-a-certified-autism-center