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A Denver Neighborhood Creates Green Space to Improve Community Health

News News Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. A Denver Neighborhood Creates Green Space to Improve Community Health Members of Groundwork Denver, Denver Parks & Recreation, and community volunteers at the Platte Farm Open Space in Denver. Photo from Groundwork Denver Once a dumping ground for trash and industrial pollution, Platte Farm Open Space now has gardens, trails, and play areas enjoyed by the whole community. Apr 27, 2021 With the arrival of spring, Platte Farm Open Space, in the diverse, working-class neighborhood of Globeville in north Denver, comes alive with native grasses, pollinator gardens that attract bees and butterflies, and wildflowers, such as Mexican hat, asters, poppies, and gaillardia.

Summer Invaders: Increased fire risk threatens all inhabitants of the Sonoran Desert

The Sonoran Desert is not what it used to be. Over the past century, invasive grasses have spread across the region and transformed the landscape from the familiar diverse desert to more of an arid grassland that is highly susceptible to fires. Invasive grasses from buffelgrass to red brome to love grass have dramatically altered how fire can move through the desert. Places that used to burn once every 200 years may now be burning every 20 years because these grasses serve as a fuel source than can easily spread wildfires. They sprout up in places that would normally be barren, connecting otherwise separate patches of desert plants.

The Biden Administration s Conservation Plan Must Prioritize Indigenous Leadership

The Biden Administration’s Conservation Plan Must Prioritize Indigenous Leadership Download the PDF here. Newly elected President Joe Biden, in his Plan for Tribal Nations, promised to “provide tribes with a greater role in the care and management of public lands that are of cultural significance to Tribal Nations.” 1 This is one of the most powerful, consequential commitments he made during his campaign, signaling a recognition of and willingness to confront three fundamental injustices that affect nearly all aspects of U.S. natural resource policy. Related First, all public lands that the U.S. government owns and manages were stolen from Native Americans and Alaska Natives, often through violence, genocide, and forced removal.

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