DC Water broke ground on the Piney Branch Tunnel in Rock Creek Park. The 4.2M-gallon tunnel aims to cut sewage overflows and restore the creek.

Plant City installed Perry Weather stations across its parks to detect lightning, monitor heat and trigger audible alarms so staff can clear fields faster.

Southside neighbors and conservationists are battling a petition that would allow a truck‑repair operation to fill part of the Pleasant Run Creek wetland. The MDC will revisit the case this summer.

The FY27 budget baselined hundreds of Parks jobs, but Bensonhurst residents and unions say more Park Enforcement Patrol officers are still needed at Seth Low Park.

New size and bag limits for bass and crappie take effect Aug. 1 in the Lower Atchafalaya Basin. Lawmakers codified the changes and LDWF has updated the official regulations.

Dorothea Dix Park’s five‑acre sunflower field is at peak bloom and the park is hosting a daylong celebration Saturday; here’s where to park, what’s allowed and accessibility notes.

Homewood's pool reopens July 10 as a multi‑year park overhaul reaches its next milestone; field and playground will follow in the coming weeks.

Chevron says less than a barrel of crude leaked into San Francisco Bay during maintenance at its Richmond long wharf. State spill teams and wildlife responders are monitoring.

Mayor Brandon Johnson is directing TIF funds to add air conditioning at 42 park sites prioritized by a new Heat Vulnerability Index; 20 upgrades will come this summer.

Free summer concerts are back at Fairview Park, but commissioners and conservationists are clashing over whether the events threaten nesting habitat for rare species. The debate could reshape where Costa Mesa stages a long-running community tradition.

Pitkin County approved a $442,500 purchase of Twin Lakes shares to boost Roaring Fork flows, adding to a $6.5M buy earlier this year and prompting advisory board pushback.

A black bear that wandered through White Plains neighborhoods climbed a tree and was tranquilized by NYSDEC; officials plan to relocate it upstate.

After a $7M overhaul, Edmond’s Pelican Bay reopens July 18 with new slides, a water playground and ADA upgrades. Ribbon cutting is set for July 17.