Sponsored Post - from TreeFolks   Wish you could plant some trees at your school or in your neighborhood? Have an idea for a nature education program that you'd love to implement right here in Austin? Want to spruce up the area near your office?   Then it's about time...

Sponsored Post - from the Austin Parks Foundation   Looking for something fun to do with the kids this summer? Now you can teach them about the importance of volunteering and giving back to the local community (all while exploring the great outdoors) with the Austin Parks Foundation's Little...

This week, it got a little easier to bike in downtown Austin. After 37 years, the Shoal Creek Trail Gap Project is finally open to the public.     After being destroyed by a flood in 1981, the stretch of the Shoal Creek Trail from 5th Street to West Avenue reopened on last week....

Free leadership training, mountain biking, backpacking, fishing, and the opportunity to represent your favorite Texas park. That's what's included in the Texas State Park Ambassador program...

Have opinions about where Austin should put a new professional soccer stadium? Now's your chance to share 'em!   The City of Austin is hosting a series of information sessions and public input opportunities next week. The discussion will focus primarily around one particular tract of land (McKalla Place), which was...

See our city in a completely different way this weekend with the City Nature Challenge. Taking place in more than 75 cities on six different continents, the City Nature Challenge is an international competition to see which city can spot the most species between April 27th and April 30th.   Last...

Nature. What role does it play in our national culture? How did it impact the very founding of America? And what does it mean for us today, as our country becomes more and more urbanized?   These are the questions that Dr. Kevin Anderson is exploring all...

Sponsored Post - from the Austin Parks Foundation     Have a park in your neighborhood that you think could use a little TLC? Now's your chance to actually do something about it.     The Austin Parks Foundation is currently accepting applications for its Community Grants and Neighborhood Grants programs.     What are those?     Community Grants - intended...