by admin | Jun 23, 2020 | Lightning Update
It’s not too late to listen in to “We Need to Talk,” a conversation the National Park Service hosted last week on the intersection of race, history, and the outdoors. View the 90 minute conversation on YouTube. On Juneteenth, the National Park...
by admin | Jun 16, 2020 | Lightning Update
Two weeks ago, in “Questions to Ask Ourselves,” Lightning Update explored how the land conservation community should — must — act to respond to the gross inequities experienced by Black Americans and other communities of color. The conversation...
by admin | Jun 9, 2020 | Lightning Update
How have inflection points influenced one land conservation organization over time? What does that suggest for where we all stand now? (All photos: ESLC) In recent weeks, many have been mulling the idea of “inflection points” and whether and how we might be in the...
by admin | Jun 1, 2020 | Lightning Update
Christian Cooper’s experience while birding in Central Park has been described as one of the dominoes in the past week of tragedy and protests in the United States. (Photos: Brittainy Newman/The New York Times) As conservationists in America, we have to...
by admin | May 26, 2020 | Lightning Update
What’s happening with park use? It appears to be up in a lot of places, including Richmond, Virginia (above). Community Mobility Reports from Google allow us to take a look. (Image: Google) Increasing park use has received a lot of attention over the past few...
by admin | May 19, 2020 | Lightning Update
The land of and around cities has changed before. How will it change in the future? Images: Left – A recreation of Manhattan Island c. 1609 (Markley Boyer/The Mannahatta Project, via Wildlife Conservation Society, via New York Times); Right – 21st century...
