Exploring Florida’s northwestern landscape just became a little bit easier! Thanks to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the EJK Foundation, Atira Conservation, and the Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation, we recently helped protect nearly 2,500 acres as part of the Upper Shoal River Florida Forever Project in Walton County. Once open to the public, this new state park will offer exciting outdoor opportunities at the Upper Shoal headwaters for adventurers to hike, paddle, and fish. The area will also serve as a critical habitat for five rare and special species. Learn more about this natural treasure: https://bit.ly/3DmEkuJ Photo Credit: Lauren Yoho/Wildpath

Now more than ever, our parks, trails, and public lands need us. Across the country, rapid federal policy shifts, threats to funding, and mass layoffs and firings are putting countless critical conservation and community projects at risk. But at Trust for Public Land, our mission remains unchanged. 🌿 We are doubling down on efforts to expand access to the outdoors. 🏞️ We are protecting the places that shape our shared history. 🌎 We are working to ensure that every person—regardless of zip code—can experience the power of nature. For more than 50 years, through 25 sessions of Congress and nine administrations, we’ve believed in facts over rhetoric, partnerships over partisanship, and action over apathy. The more than 5,000 outdoor spaces we’ve helped create prove that when we work together, we can overcome any challenge. We will not stop fighting for the funding, resources, and policies needed to keep these places protected and accessible for generations to come. Read more from TPL’s President & CEO Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser: https://bit.ly/3DA5I8I

Communities know best. That’s why we partner and invest in local visions to create parks, playgrounds, and public lands that reflect the people they serve. Together, we’re ensuring equitable access to the outdoors, because everyone deserves the chance to connect with nature. 🌎✨

Discover how nature and the outdoors can be a vital tool in maintaining your wellbeing! Join us on March 31 at noon (PDT) for a Park Bench Chat on the profound connection between nature and mental health. Moderated by Pooja S. Tandon, MD MPH, TPL’s Health Director, this conversation will bring together leading voices in outdoor recreation, science, and therapy: 🏔 Caroline Gleich – professional skier and mountaineer, endurance athlete & climate activist. 📖 Florence Williams – Journalist, author & podcaster specializing in nature’s impact on human health. 🌱 Patricia Hasbach, Ph.D. – Ecotherapy pioneer, consultant & licensed psychotherapist. Together, they’ll explore how time spent in nature benefits mental health, backed by research and real-world experiences. We’ll discuss how individuals, communities, and organizations can harness the power of the outdoors to foster well-being for all. 📅 Save the date & register to join us for this important discussion: https://bit.ly/4h3OZrX

Philadelphia parks are essential infrastructure that shape the health, safety, and vitality of Philly communities. By investing in these green spaces, we also invest in the people who rely on them the most. 💚

TPL X onXmaps, Inc.: Together we’re charting a course toward a future where the places we love are protected and accessible for generations to come. From Montana, where we protected 86,000 acres west of Glacier National Park, to Washington State where we’re preserving the Upper Wenatchee Watershed, we’re teaming up to ensure that everyone can experience the awe-inspiring power of nature!

Indigenous leadership is shaping the future of land conservation in Maine. We’re honored to partner with the Penobscot Nation, Native leaders, and the Wabanaki Commission on Land and Stewardship to return Wáhsehtəkʷ, a place central to the Wabanaki people. “I think the return represents the core of our culture,” says Darren Ranco, a Penobscot citizen and scholar. He notes that when Indigenous people are in leadership roles there are profound conservation outcomes. By centering Indigenous stewardship, we’re working with the Penobscot Nation and partners to return this sacred place along the East Branch of the Penobscot River to the Nation while also creating access to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. https://lnkd.in/e6PBd3pf

Our Dallas Greening Initiative is underway to transform neighborhoods with new green spaces! Trust for Public Land is partnering with the City of Dallas to build parks on underused city-owned land, providing access to nature in areas with no parks nearby. Starting with five parks across the city within the next five years, these community-driven green spaces will feature unique amenities based on neighborhood needs. From walking trails to splash pads, these places are designed with the community in mind! 🌞💚 Check out the first five park plans for a greener and greater Dallas here via The Dallas Morning News: https://lnkd.in/e7BY43Ev

When our partners speak, Trust for Public Land listens. We believe in putting community at the core of everything we do to ensure green spaces reflect the people they serve. The result can be seen in places like India Basin Waterfront Park. Shaped by the vision of Bayview-Hunters Point residents in California, this modern green space is expanding waterfront access, creating jobs, and strengthening climate resilience. Because the best parks are built with the people they serve. https://lnkd.in/eUkBxeX9

All over the world, golf courses are being reimagined as a resource to expand recreation opportunities, boost climate resilience, and connect more people to the benefits of the outdoors. You can read more about this emerging trend and TPL's work on the San Geronimo Commons in California via BBC 👇