This week marks the return of the Park Avenue National Parks series, with a piece on Assateague Island National Seashore. If you missed it yesterday, go take a look! Next week we'll return to the red rocks of Utah; I'm not sure if the diary will be on Bryce Canyon or Grand Staircase - Escalante, but I guarantee it will be about beautifully sculpted rocks...
Each Friday, people are encouraged to join us in sharing their pictures of the national parks, state parks and other public lands, and to have an open discussion on the nature and direction of the Park Avenue group.
I'll contribute some fall photos this week, since it's been a nice fall season here lately in Colorado.
"A Popular Place", Arapahoe National Forest, CO
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Our Weekly Diaries
Things To Know Before You Come To... This series formerly ran on Tuesday mornings at 11:30ET/8:30PT, and the topic each week was based on reader input. It is on hold for now, but the archives are still great sources of information:
On Thursdays at 11:30am ET/8:30am PT we release our weekly user contributed park feature. Our past features have been:
Our newest series of features started just before we all went away on hiatus was the "Our State Parks" series, looking at, you guessed it, state parks. Here are the parks looked at so far:
- Golden Gate Canyon State Park, Colorado
- Ricketts Glen State Park, Pennsylvania
- Itasca State Park, Mississippi
- Ona State Park, Oregon
This series is also on hold pending additional contributing authors.
Speaking of which... If you are interested in writing a feature about a park, please volunteer by writing a message to the Park Avenue group or to me (Phoenix Rising) and as your window approaches, you'll be contacted (a few weeks before) to finalize your date.
Additionally, if any of you are interested in writing other pieces about the parks or park related topics (eg. the CCC, History of the National Park Service, Biographical sketches of park related people, the science behind a park or parks, a look at native American cultures whose ruins are protected as parks, etc) feel free to submit those features. Just ask for an invite as a contributor and we'll get you set up.
Pictures!
This being a Photo Friday open thread, it would be seriously lacking if there weren't pictures of our great wild spaces. I'll start off here with a few - please feel free to add your own.
Harriman State Park, NY
Aspen Abstract, Golden Gate Canyon State Park, CO
Bridge Creek Color, Golden Gate Canyon State Park, CO
Peak View Pond, Mueller State Park, CO
"Breaking Free", Arapahoe National Forest, CO
"Brilliant Fall", Arapahoe National Forest, CO