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Parks are how we write our poetry on the land
The elderly monk's eyes never left the snow-capped Rila Mountains as he softly uttered: "What we are seeing is a living poem, and a new verse is...
Parks & Recreation, 08/01/09 by Will La Page · More from publication -
Homeless and hopeless in the park: parks are salvation for the weary
For the past seven decades I have, for brief intervals, known homelessness--but thankfully hopelessness remains a stranger. Not everyone knows that...
Parks & Recreation, 08/01/05 by Will La Page · More from publication -
Emergence of the necessary volunteer: senior park volunteers—working at their leisure
Many years ago, while working as a seasonal park ranger, I had the memorable pleasure of meeting a couple of senior hikers. Almost every spring and...
Parks & Recreation, 05/01/05 by Will La Page · More from publication -
Pursuing happiness through parks: the obesity argument for continued investment in public parks
The father of lateral thinking, Edward De Bono, wrote an article about the case of the fat Duchess of Devonshire who, after repeated and fruitless...
Parks & Recreation, 04/01/05 by Will LaPage · More from publication -
Ethics and the health of public park systems: sharing best management practices with the public is the future for our parks
Park administrators are much less likely to get caught up in an ethical debate if they are sensitive to the distinction between ethical and legal...
Parks & Recreation, 02/01/05 by Will LaPage · More from publication -
Parks for life: an emotion-based park ethic for everyone
Science does not create public parks. Science can tell us that parks are good for us, good for our environment, our economy and good for many of...
Parks & Recreation, 11/01/04 by Will LaPage · More from publication -
Heroism and villainy.(Privatization and Making the Grade)
The article on the economic benefits of national parks [May/June 2003] is right on target. While our national parks are primarily for the renewal...
National Parks, 11/01/03 by Quimby, Roxanne; Will, LaPage · More from publication -
The real costs of deferred park maintenance - @ Issue - Brief Article
Earlier this year, the General Accounting Office estimated that there is $6 billion worth of deferred maintenance in our national parks. As...
Parks & Recreation, 08/01/02 by Will LaPage · More from publication
