National Park Week. It's like a week for national parks.

Coming soon: April 20 - April 28

I'm contractually obligated to repost this every time I see it online.

The Yurok tribe regains Redwood park land to create their own historical park
npr.org/2024/03/30/124…

“… as a living creature on this Earth, my primary interest (and yours as well) is in solving the climate crisis. If [US automakers] refuse to offer more efficient choices and China does, then China will have demonstrated that it deserves the win.” electrek.co/2024/03/23/big…

10 Great Lakes National Parks
npca.org/articles/3400-…

Pedal coast-to-coast without using a road? New program helps connect trails across the US
apnews.com/article/aede71…

I cannot express how eerie it is to be collecting maple sap in early March and there not being any snow covering the forest floor. I’ve NEVER seen this before.

As the home to the largest concentration of mammals in the lower 48 states, Yellowstone National Park represents the epitome of #WorldWildlifeDay .

📷: YF / Amanda Evans

SOME NEWS: Bono takes U2 on a break from Achtung Baby to perform “All I Want is You” and dedicates song to all women in world, on their crew, women experiencing hardship in world. Then he dedicates it to special guest in Sphere audience…”your First Lady, Jill Biden.”

1. Many environmental groups began taking huge donations from the Waltons — the family that owns most of Walmart — starting about 15 yrs ago.

Today our fisheries, food, and water policies have been thoroughly corrupted.

civileats.com/walanthropy/

Happy World Wildlife Day! Let's celebrate the incredible diversity of life on our planet and raise awareness about the importance of preserving it. From the majestic grizzly bear to the tiniest insects, all species play a vital role in maintaining our ecosystems.

Photo by NPS

In news that doesn’t come as a shock to me, zero of my submitted images were selected for the 2025 Yellowstone Forever calendar. 🤷‍♂️

Imagine how many millions of acres of intact public lands could be saved if govts incentivized rooftop solar like this on all warehouses, factories, etc. A single system on this 1 bldg in Denmark will produce >33 GWh electricity/yr. cleantechnica.com/2024/03/01/wor…

The greatest single wipeout of western landscapes in the history of US federal lands gains momentum, reported as a 'by the way' story in a western newspaper -- gjsentinel.com/news/solar-shi…

Honestly can’t stop thinking about this study.

Dancing is *dramatically* more effective than our best attempts at treating depression, pharmaceutical or not.

It clearly has *massive* psychological benefits.

But how often do you dance?

Do you ever do it sober?

Did your…

The 'Western Solar Plan' proposes to lease US public land for solar development. It focuses on areas with few sensitive resources, less conflict with other uses of public lands & close proximity to existing transmission lines.

pv-magazine.com/2024/01/18/us-…

“If we fail to grasp the scope of the peril, we will be spending future Independence Days in forced observance and servility to the ruling few who will seize our liberty from us and silence the chimes of freedom forever”

michiganadvance.com/2021/07/03/jef…

One of the positive things Twitter has given me is a broader education in art. Not only have I never seen this painting before, I’ve never heard of the artist either. People talk about the negativity of Twitter a lot, but this is one of the reasons I still love it.

Lake Manly thread! 🧵Death Valley National Park. I’ve been wanting to undertake a #paleoart painting of Pleistocene Lake Manly, it’s Ice Age vegetation, and megafauna for a long time. This quick small illustration is of Pleistocene Owens Lake w/ Columbian mammoth, bison, camel