national parks
National Park Week Thanks
As National Park Week wrapped up yesterday, I thought a lot about our national parks this past week and all the memories of our visits there. I also thought about the discoveries, innovations, conservation, workforce, volunteers, youth, junior rangers, community, and the arts! National parks bring us great joy in addition to many other benefits.
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National Park Week – Arts in Parks
Happy National Park Week! To end this fun week, today’s theme focuses on arts in the parks. The national parks inspire creativity. National parks have inspired artistic expression and creativity for many, many years. The national parks have definitely inspired me! Our national parks inspired me to write children’s book set in a national park.
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National Park Week – Junior Ranger Day
Today’s National Park Week theme is Junior Ranger Day! I love the junior ranger program! In fact, before having children, I would ask for the junior ranger books and complete it. I love the activities and learning all the fun facts and information about each unique national park site! My children have enjoyed earning their
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Happy Arbor Day!
Happy Arbor Day! 🌲 The Latin word for tree is arbor. As you can guess, Arbor Day celebrates the preservation and planting of trees. What can you do to preserve or maybe even plant a tree today? Happy Arbor Day and National Park Week! 🌳🌲
National Park Week – Community Connections
The theme for today in this year’s national park week focuses on community connections. The national park service works not just within the park boundaries. The national park service works with communities in a variety of ways. Enjoy this short video explaining the involvement of NPS at the local community level. Click here for a
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National Park Week – Youth Engagement
Today’s national park week theme focuses on youth engagement. National parks are places for fun, discovery, exploration, wellness, and service. Youth and young adult programs are designed to connect kids, teens, and young adults to opportunities at national park sites across the nation. These sites contribute to our nation’s rich natural, cultural, historical, and recreational resources. Enjoy
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National Park Week – Workforce Wednesday
Today’s theme is Workforce Wednesday. It focuses on all the many, many great individuals who make these parks run daily. These employees, interns, fellows, volunteers, contractors, partners and more all spend their valuable time and energy making these places great for us all! I am so grateful for these many people who each play an
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National Park Week – Innovation
Today, the National Park Week looks at innovation. The national parks provide a great opportunity to learn about innovation. The definition of innovation is “a new idea, method, or device.” Many of our national sites highlight varying types of innovation. Have you ever visited the Thomas Edison National Historic Park in New Jersey? At this
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National Park Week – Earth Day
Happy Earth Day! Join this global celebration encouraging education and stewardship of our planet’s resources. This year’s Earth Day theme is Planet vs. Plastics. The movement looks at a 60% reduction in production of all plastics by 2040. Plastic pollution is very real and single-use plastics are small but have a large impact. 79% of
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