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Spoiler Alert:  These are the answers to my recently launched "Public Lands Puzzles" series: Word puzzles naming our nation's vast and beautiful public lands. To get next month's installment, just drop me an email.

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Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Folkston, Georgia 

Scrambled: KKOOEEEENF ANNOLIAT FELLIDWI FREGUE

Known to early Indian tribes as “The Land of the Trembling Earth,” the Okefenokee is a vast cypress swamp (actually a type of peat bog) on the Georgia-Florida line. Think alligators -- lots of alligators.  My favorite adventure there:  Watching a family of sandhill cranes step delicately through the wetlands. The baby was still young and clumsy on long unsteady legs, like a foal.  He kept falling down in the muck. See samples of our work on the visitor center. 

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Washington Monument Repairs 

 When's the last time you looked out over Washington, D.C., from the top of the Washington Monument? Try it again this spring, when this iconic landmark reopens, with earthquake repairs and new exhibits planned by a team including yours truly.  READ MORE

Nature's Navigators 

Every time I work on interpretive panels for another National Wildlife Refuge, I am astonished – again! – by the incredible journeys made by millions of birds every year. Read more... 

Traveling El Camino Real

Thanks to funding from the FHWA National Scenic Byways program, we have a great assignment this fall: creating interpretive signs for a section of El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail in Santa Fe, NM.  Read More... 

 

 

Atlanta: City in a Forest

How does a fast-growing city keep its trees? Just ask Trees Atlanta – a non-profit dedicated to protecting existing trees and planting new ones throughout metro ATL. 

GIG just finished TA's new signage! Read more...

 

Swimming, Anyone?

A lone lifeguard chair remains at Horseshoe Bend Beach in Montana's Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area. 

I'm spending most of a Georgia January daydreaming of faraway places-- Read More

 

 

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Monday
May302011

Good Times in Houston

DateMonday, May 30, 2011 at 04:28PM

Just got back from attending the American Association of Museums in Houston -- great fun, great contacts, very educational.  I was especially impressed with the AAM's push to encourage all of us to advocate for the arts... because the arts are not just amenities, a sideline, something "extra" in American life -- they are essential!  I cannot imagine a world without cultural history sites, fine art museums, or Mozart -- can you??

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Faye-
It was a pleasure meeting you at the AAM - we met at the discussion dinner the alst night. I agree with you that arts are a very essential part of what is the best part of being human. In economic terms, "The Bohemian Index" of a city is an important tool to measure the quality of life a particular community will be able to provide. The index also indicates a city's potential for urban renewl and therefore ultimately - success.

Let's keep in touch -

Debra

June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterDebra Rohac

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