Feed Editor 22 Sep 2009 14:21:29 CDT NRPA's Parks and Recreation Weekly News Brief provides industry-specific news and information to leaders in the parks and recreation profession. Delivered weekly, the publication keeps professionals abreast of topics that impact the daily operation of their departments. http://www.multibriefs.com/briefs/nrpa en NRPA and United States Paralympics support local communities that enhance and grow their recreation, sport, and physical activity programming for injured military personnel through grants. Public park and recreation agencies are encouraged to apply for grants between $5,000 and $25,000. The grant money can be used for multiple things, including: • Equipment for adaptive programs (e.g., hand cycles) • Training and education of staff/program leaders • Program enhancements • ADA compliance for enhancing recreation experiences • Subsidizing program fees • And more! Whether you are an agency with an established program, wish to create or expand your program, or already provide daily physical activity programming for injured military personnel, we invite you to apply for a grant. The application will be available through Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. Create physical activity opportunities for injured service members and build awareness of inclusion resources in your community. Apply for an equipment, training, and program development grant today!Apply for an equipment, training, and program development grant today! For more information on the grant program or application process, contact Heidi Melancon at 800.626.NRPA (6772). This is just one of the resources available to you through NRPA and US Paralympics. Visit our website to learn more! 22 Sep 2009 14:21:29 CDT http://www.nrpa.org/Content.aspx?id=575 1 A man reported being attacked by a coyote in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, Calif., wildlife officials said. The man, who was lying down near the Travel Town area, reported waking up to find a coyote biting his foot, but he was not seriously injured, said Kevin Brennan, a wildlife biologist for the California Department of Fish and Game. 22 Sep 2009 14:21:29 CDT http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-griffith-park-coyote21-2009sep21,0,1053307.story 2 As economic reality puts greater strain on Ohioans' pocketbooks, many are discovering state and local parks as cheap vacation and recreation spots. The parks themselves, however, are feeling the sting of the recession through statewide budget cuts, even as park attendance goes up. 22 Sep 2009 14:21:29 CDT http://media.www.kentnewsnet.com/media/storage/paper867/news/2009/09/21/News/Park-Attendance.Up.Funding.Down-3777538.shtml 3 The community east of Carmel Valley, Calif. moved into the unfinished, developing community expecting that as it grew, public facilities like schools, parks and libraries would follow. With reason: it says so in the community plan. 22 Sep 2009 14:21:29 CDT http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/09/21/government/237park092009.txt 4 As its license plates proclaim, Minnesota is the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Now a Minneapolis-area company says it has figured out the secret to the state’s famously crystalline watering holes: moss. 22 Sep 2009 14:21:29 CDT http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/clean-pools-less-chlorine-with-moss/ 5 A new study says canine distemper appears to be the cause of periodic increased death rates among wolf pups in Yellowstone National Park. 22 Sep 2009 14:21:29 CDT http://www.sltrib.com/outdoors/ci_13349065 6 Activists across the nation parked themselves curbside, taking up spaces reserved for cars and transforming them into mini parks with sod, potted plants, lawn chairs and even barbecues to raise awareness about how the auto has won the battle over public space in big cities. 22 Sep 2009 14:21:29 CDT http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5huOsWA0q7WXvjf-V3N5sbElW7H5wD9AQ0C0G0 7 James McCarthy normally goes to places like Las Vegas for vacation. But a night on the lake costs a lot less than a night in Vegas, so McCarthy and a couple of friends decided to save some money during the economic downturn. They picked up some camping gear and spent a summer weekend at Dead Horse Ranch State Park outside Cottonwood, Ariz. instead. 22 Sep 2009 14:21:29 CDT http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/09/19/20090919camping.html 8 The San Bernardino County, Calif. Board of Supervisors approved a 3,600-square- foot skate park expansion at Kessler Park that will include a 6-foot-high half-pipe, new bank ramps, grind rails, new quarter-pipes and multiple stair features. 22 Sep 2009 14:21:29 CDT http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/sanbernardinocounty/ci_13379387 9 It's dawn at the top of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park on the coast of Maine, and a couple of hundred early-risers have gathered to watch the first rays of sunlight that hit the United States each day turn Frenchman bay to gold. Michael Minder brought his family here for their first trip ever to a national park. 22 Sep 2009 14:21:29 CDT http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/20/sunday/main5324219.shtml 10 Elizabeth Ross went to Buffalo Beals Animal Park on Labor Day with her brother and grandfather, hoping to see a few animals and have a good time. But the 9-year-old didn't expect the day to end with a trip to the emergency room, with most of a finger on her right hand missing, bitten off by one of the animals at the animal park. 22 Sep 2009 14:21:29 CDT http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2009/sep/20/bite-spurs-mother-push-more-oversight-park/ 11