An olive green shift with a brown sign motif saying "Wildlife & History & Culture & Scenery"
Consider buying a shirt to support #STEAMinthePark! The actual shirt looks better than the mockup on the order page. #BrownSignLife #IBrakeForBrakeSigns www.bonfire.com/brown-sign-l...
Rangers who met their spouse while writing resources studies, families remembering grandpa who dragged them out to Wind Cave every summer to camp, old biker dudes who love the Black Hills honoring their buddy's final ride.
The parks touch so many lives in so many ways.
#parkchat
Do I know anyone else who is going to participate in the Miles for Maryland 250 mile challenge? Anyone want to be on a team? #ParkChat #MDDNR @marylanddnr.bsky.social dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/...
Q4: Park favorites like Zion and Great Smoky Mountains see millions of visitors yearly, but there are others discussed + visited far less. Which national park(s) do you think deserves attention in 2026? Why do you think this is an underrated gem? What makes 2026 the perfect year to visit? #parkchat
"Wildlife & History & Culture & Scenery" engraved on a piece of basswood by a laser
Playing with the new laser toy! #BrownSignLife
@grandcanyontrust.bsky.social We would like to invite y’all to participate in #ParkChat and you are welcome to the chat as a guest host at your leisure. Please let me know if you have a questions. My photo is from 10/30. @naturetechfam.bsky.social @camarowrx.bsky.social
Get yours before Thursday! And if you buy at a park site (vs the website), your money goes to that site. Check with your local site before assuming they have them for purchase though, since free sites often don't stock them. #ParkChat
Graves of unknown soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. Area 22.
Anthony Cruz Borja, Jr. My friend Elizabeth's father is interred at Arlington National Cemetery, and it is my honor to lay a wreath for him on her behalf.
John Arthur Fields and his wife Rubye. These are my friend Jeff's parents, who are interred at Arlington National Cemetery. It is a privilege to be able to honor them on behalf of Jeff.
Edgar Howard LaRose and his wife Melba are the grandparents of my friend Brian. Brian is always overjoyed to get photos showing our honoring of his grandparents, and he shares them with all of the family, who are from the Tennessee and Georgia areas.
Wreaths Across America was today. It's a powerful ceremony - You say the veteran's name to remember them, before you lay the wreath. It's really a ritual with the idea being a person dies twice, once physically, and then again when their name is no longer spoken. #ParkChat
I said it last week!
And today, the Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit challenging the new design (Trump's face) on next year's America the Beautiful pass, as well as the new category for nonresidents.
#nationalparks #publiclands #parkchat
For #ParkChat Year in Review we will look at things that happened globally in the Parks and things you’ve done personally in 2025. There will be a question or two about the chat itself too. @naturetechfam.bsky.social @camarowrx.bsky.social @beckyjlomax.bsky.social
@e-j-terren.bsky.social
Wow. That had to be a powerfully, emotionally-charged ceremony.
We caught the 9-11 flag-lowering at Canyon Village in Yellowstone. It was very moving. Our amazing rangers helped us remember and honor the fallen.
Hundreds of small luminaries in a field, stretching into the distance. The 2025 Memorial Illumination at Antietam National Battlefield.
What's something awe-inspiring or deeply emotional you've seen at a #PublicLand or #NationalPark? Most recently for me, it's the annual Memorial Illumination at Antietam National Battlefield, where 23000 lights illustrate the toll of 9/17/1862 against the night sky.
#ParkChat #BrownSigns
The shutdown's effects linger. Trails stayed open. Our stores didn’t.
It's #GivingTuesday, and your gift today is doubled up to $50K.
Support visitor services, maps, and youth programs in the Black Hills National Forest.
blackhillsparks.org/donations-vo...
#BlackHills #NationalForests #ParkChat
In 28 days, the Adopt a Ranger program received over 1700 volunteers to support our public lands stewards. Some folks had special requests of non-park rangers they wanted to support, too
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#nationalparks #parkchat
@btarrington.bsky.social
Looking forward to hosting another great #ParkChat this Wed. night, 12/3! I’ll have a topic by then, I promise.
This will be my first #ParkChat since being enshrined in the ParkChat Hall of Fame. I knew if I publicly begged for it long enough they’d let me in. That works for everyone, doesn’t it?
We are still working on our topic but this week #ParkChat welcomes Hall of Famer @btarrington.bsky.social as our special guest host. I’m certain that Todd will put together a terrific chat. Please join us. @naturetechfam.bsky.social @camarowrx.bsky.social @tthrash.bsky.social @mountainscalling.me
Here's the Bonfire campaign link, if you're interested! www.bonfire.com/brown-sign-l...
I posted before I finished the ALT settings on the photo. It's T-shirt with a Brown Sign that says "Wildlife & History & Culture & Scenery".
#BrownSignLife #BrownSigns
Got my Bonfire order today for my t-shirt, which is awesome! I hope you agree & would like to order too! A portion of the proceeds goes to @expeditionsined.bsky.social for their work w/ educators such as #STEAMinthePark.
National Parks & Public Lands are so important for myriad reasons. #ParkChat
Railroad tracks through a narrow gorge, extending into the distance
I've got this burning, yearning feeling deep inside me, and it hurts so bad.... I need to go wandering. This view of railroad tracks was discovered when following brown signs for "Covered Bridges" in the Catoctin Park and Cunningham Falls State Park area. #IBrakeForBrownSigns #BrownSignLife
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#Overlanding #Hiking
#Sojourn #SojournOn #CampSojourn #NationalParks #ParkChat #NationalParkService #Nature #TravelWriting #CarCamping #Travel #Writing
Becky Lomax's new USA National Parks guidebook
A12 #ParkChat Since she didn't, I'll say it for her: @beckyjlomax.bsky.social's new Moon Guides book is out! I'm looking forward to adding some stamps, and taking advantage of some of the suggestions for hiking - Ledges is suggested as the best hike in Cuyahoga Valley, so I know the book is legit!
Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Sunset, February 2025
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you. ~Frank Lloyd Wright
📸 Delicate Arch, Arches National Park
#Photography #Nature #Arches #NationalParks #ParkChat #Utah #PublicLands #Hiking #Travel
#ParkChat
This week #ParkChat welcomes the exceptional @pamportland.org as our special guest host. She’ll be admitting that she’s “Not Quite an Expert” as her topic. I’m not quite sure what to make of this so please join me on Wednesday at 9 PM and we’ll figure it out. @naturetechfam.bsky.social
A fav stop was the (recently burned) Nebraska National Forest. The origin story of this place is wild—basically, a local professor convinced Teddy Roosevelt to designate this treeless tract as a “forest reserve,” so he could then hand-plant one. Until recently it was the largest man-made forest.
Looking for a place to begin or energize your activism for our National Parks? In celebration of the 109th anniversary of the creation of the National Park Service, I created a digital handbook for activists.
#nationalparks #parkchat #saveallparks
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Hiking up to Avalanche Lake is a great half-day hike! #ParkChat #NationalParks #BrownSignLife #GlacierNationalPark
