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Thousands of male tarantulas will cross Otero County roads this fall, and La Junta's fourth annual festival adds a drone show to the spectacle.
Camp Honey now serves sandwiches and drinks from the park's central pavilion, part of a broader master-plan buildout at the 185-acre site.
The DNR wants feedback on Michigan's most-camped state park by October 4, as new dune boardwalks and lighthouse repairs take shape.
A flamingo-wrapped SUV and school outreach are Ron Magill's latest weapons in a push to unseat Florida's century-old state bird.
The Swope Park zoo wants a new bear habitat wedged between its polar bear and orangutan exhibits, visible from the zoo train.
A new Storybook Trail opens near Marblehead, part of Ohio's push past 1 million kids served.
Worthington's next round of sharpshooting runs December through February, and the city needs more private yards to volunteer.
Design is 60% done on the trail's opening stretch, and 300 people showed up to see it in Landrum.
The new ten-station workout area near East 225th Street replaces aging bocce courts with accessible, free equipment for Bronx River Greenway users.
A free app helps people track butterflies, with Madison's Goose Pond Sanctuary among the tagging sites.
Costs came in 29% over budget, but Tiburon council members pushed ahead on accessible paths and new play features anyway.
Nearly 675 residents weighed in on what replaces the old school — restrooms topped the wish list with 62 percent support.
A $20,000 natural-surface path now connects Parkers Summit homes to the MESA Soccer Complex, with organizers eyeing a five-mile extension to the Enoree River.
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