The City of Amarillo Parks and Recreation Department is set to host a 'unique' Arbor Day event on Friday in which five Bur Oak trees will be planted in Ellwood Park with students at St. Mary's Catholic School participating in the National Arbor Day celebration, according to organizers.
Urban areas tend to be warmer than rural areas due to the heat island effect — tightly spaced, tall buildings, along with roads, industries, and other infrastructure absorb solar radiation and re-emit heat, causing cities to be several degrees hotter than surrounding areas.Keeping this in mind, several Indian cities are looking at short-term measures to fight the heat island effect. These measures, city planners believe, may prove helpful as our planet becomes hotter — the India Meteorological...
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - The City of Las Vegas is sharing details about what they plan to do after a rise in crime was spotted at parks across the area. Both Justice Myron E. Leavitt Park near Sahara and Eastern avenues and Lorenzi Park on the Historic Westside are the most crime-infested parks in the []
The project is touted as the first true high-speed passenger rail line in the nation, designed to reach speeds of 186 mph
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It was a relatively cool spring day in Phoenix, Arizona, as a tree-planting crew dug large holes in one of the desert city’s hottest and least shaded neighborhoods. Still, it was sweaty backbreaking work as they carefully positioned, watered and staked a […]
In conjunction with the tree planting in City Park, a time capsule will be buried.
MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - A partnership between Diamondback Energy, Keep Midland Beautiful, and the City of Midland brought 65 new trees to Garrett Brown Park on Friday, coinciding with Arbor Day. The groups spent Friday morning planting the trees at the park, as part of Diamondback' pledge to plant 100 trees in 2024. "At Diamondback []
Guam is known for its beautiful views and mouthwatering culinary dishes. Now one local family is sharing their culture and love for food with the Las Vegas community.
The Manteca Garden Club and the City of Manteca celebrated Arbor Day Thursday by doing their part to beautify and bring new life one of the city’s oldest parks. On this day, their concerted effort made possible the planting of 17 trees at Yosemite Village Park along El Portal Avenue.
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- One of the people who survived a shooting last week inside a Las Vegas law office said she had no idea the man she was sitting next to would shoot and kill two people before turning the gun on himself.
Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences identifies how gentrified parts of a city have notably more urban wildlife than ungentrified parts of the same city, further limiting marginalized communities' opportunity to connect with nature.
The City of San Antonio’s Parks and Recreation Department will celebrate Earth Day by giving away free trees and plants at Woodlawn Lake Park. The giveaway will run 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. during the city’s Earth Day 2024 Celebration, scheduled for Saturday, April 20. The free vegetation will include both ornamental and shade trees, according to details on the city's website.