Green Gyms and Medical Miles: Promoting Public Health with Parks
A group looks into a net near a stream at the Milwaukee Urban Ecology Center. Credit: Jeff McAvoy. We’ve previously looked at ways in which the medical community is using exercise prescriptions as a...
View ArticleHealthier Parks Through Partnering with Public Agencies and Private Providers
Creating a health-promoting park system requires greater expertise and resources than any park agency can provide alone. What’s needed are partnerships with other public agencies, as well as with...
View Article7,453 Miles of Parkland Bikeways
Butler Trail at Lady Bird Lake, Austin, TX The growing popularity of bikeways (often called hike and bike trails or linear parks) in our parks continues to climb, based on our annual surveys for City...
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