Q9. A favorite park is like an old friend, which we know well. But there's always something new to learn. Did you make a new discovery about one of your "old friends" this past year? Share a photo or a story. #ParkChat

Welcome to a special “Year in Review” episode of #ParkChat featuring several regular participants. Thanks so much for your help! Who’s ready to take a look at 2025?

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?

I can imagine my ancestors, before radio, TV, and internet, looking to the west after this cold, beautiful, sunny day, and saying "yep, snow's comin' in tonight." Livestock would have been brought closer to the barn, and more grain would have been brought into the barn's feed room.

Today I and everyday I am: Grateful for Vaccines Grateful for Science Grateful for Public Health Workers Grateful for Doctors Grateful for Nurses Grateful for Scientists Grateful for everyone whose job has been a little harder to do especially this year, yet who keep showing up. #Thanksgiving

5-8 inches of snow incoming. (Maybe) Turkey wants to know if we promise to keep the feeders full. #ParkChat pie not required.

A12.1: #ParkChat Book Club is reading Confluence by @zakpodmore.bsky.social. The book is more than just a story of the Colorado River and its tributaries. It touches on Indigenous stories, family, water rights, & adventures. Our second meeting is Tuesday, Nov. 18th at 5 PM Pacific. DM me for deets.

The books are good, and so is our discussion! #ParkChat

Please join me tonight at 9 PM ET for #ParkChat! I'll be hosting with Qs on “Lakes: More Than Nature’s Bowl of Soup?" Pull out some of your favorite lake photos to share. It's fun...and unlike some wildlife, we don't bite.😂 @naturetechfam.bsky.social @59nationalparks.bsky.social

Bringing in the harvest. Shelling corn in Illinois.

Was it colorful in the Adirondacks last week? Why, yes. Yes, it was. #ParkChat

QUOTE POST A PIC OF A NATIONAL PARK Autumn scenes from Saratoga National Historic Park, New York. #ParkChat #NationalParks #PublicLands

Hey friends! 👋 We know many in our #parkchat fam are hurting and feeling uncertain tonight. We send you big virtual hugs and hope you will come join the chat tonight, to distract from the news, remember the special places, and be with those who respect you. #ParkChat is happening right now. ❤️🫂

Join us tonight, 9 Eastern, 8 Central. Always a great discussion. #ParkChat

Waiting for autumn to color the trees? Just look down. At Labrador Hollow Unique Area, Fabius, New York. #ParkChat

bsky.app/profile/mtma... Reposting for the #parkchat bookclub: join us!

The #parkchat book club is starting the book "Confluence" by Zak Podmore. We meet over Zoom the 3rd Tuesday of the month. This should be a great fall reading book. See @ocparkbuilder.bsky.social for details - come join us!

@cnhamoab.bsky.social We at #ParkChat would love to invite you to guest host the chat sometime this year. We are starting the chat right now in fact. Hey y’all. Look what I found. @naturetechfam.bsky.social @camarowrx.bsky.social @mountainscalling.me @pamportland.org @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social

Hey there--join us in a few minutes for good conversation and interesting people on #ParkChat.

@laurendanner.bsky.social I'm not sure if this moss or moss-adjacent. From a trail in Sax-Zim Bog northwest of Duluth, MN

Slightly diminish a book: "A Tale of One City and a Village."

A12 #2: #ParkChat Book Club is just finishing Gathering Moss by Indigenous author Robin Wall Kimmerer. This wonderful book is teaching us about the intricacies of moss. Our second meeting is Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 5 PM Pacific. DM me for deets.

Heads up #ParkChat. Let's flood them with constructive comments. I know you know how.

A12 #2: #ParkChat

Well, this seems like a bad idea. 🤔😡

The National Park Service just celebrated its 109th birthday. How is Donald Trump marking the occasion? By taking an axe to it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS7IJaB5NDc

A12: #ParkChat Book Club is just beginning Gathering Moss by Indigenous author Robin Wall Kimmerer. There is still time to dive into this gem and learn about the intricacies of moss, its adaptations, and protective mechanisms. Our second meeting is Tuesday, Sept. 16 @ 5 PM Pacific. DM me for deets.

Here in Central Illinois right now, it's 94° with a dew point of 80°. This combination can be dangerous. My lawn isn't going to be mowed until this crap is over.

This week #ParkChat Hall of Famer @tthrash.bsky.social joins as as our special guest host to “Ask Again”. Maybe. He could just be “bumped again” as frequently happens. Can’t wait to see what happens? Please join us on Wednesday at 9 PM ET. @naturetechfam.bsky.social

✊🏽 Please share far and wide! The Rangers of the Lost Park podcast is dropping (Wednesday) a really important episode for current federal agency employees and will help alleviate some confusion and stress! Find it at where you get your podcasts #nationalparks #parkchat #federalemployees

A6: The next 43 months. #ParkChat

Tonight #ParkChat welcomes @natlparkpatchlady.bsky.social as our special guest host. Let me tell you this. I have seen her questions on Small Parks Advocacy and they are fantastic! Please join us. Our post card to the Park Rangers at Hot Springs, AR are in the mail. @naturetechfam.bsky.social

The newest invasive species in The Everglades. Hateful. #FindYourPark #ParkChat

Tonight #ParkChat welcomes @kristeninbody.bsky.social as our special guest host. We’ll also take a minute to “Thank a Ranger”. Please join us at 9 PM ET. @naturetechfam.bsky.social

This massive sell-off of OUR public lands is part of the proposed budget. It's in the hands of the Senate. Call your senators every day.........because some things can not be reversed. We will never get our lands back.

So lucky to have captured this image of a hunting Short Eared Owl passing by a brief rainbow... #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #naturephotography

Our First Amendment Right. Use it or lose it! I'm with these fine people this morning

A12. State parks fans, I'd appreciate if you'd share my new essay about the history of Washington state parks, just published on @historylink.bsky.social. Let me know what you think! #ParkChat historylink.org/File/23266

A10 The natural world in my sanity, my inspiration, and the giver of peace. #parkchat

Please join us for #ParkChat with special guest host @hawaiipacificparks.bsky.social this Weds night at 9pm ET/6pm PT as they discuss Hawaii/Pacific/Remote Parks and the Organizations that support the Parks. Definitely a new topic for our chat. You won't want to miss it! @59nationalparks.bsky.social

A12.3: #ParkChat Book Club is reading "Walking Toward Peace" by Cindy Ross. The book depicts 25 veterans with PTSD getting out in nature and finding hope and healing. Our second and final meeting on this book is two weeks out: Tuesday, 5/20 at 5 PM Pacific. DM me for deets.

This Wednesday at 9 PM ET please welcome @beckjlomax.bsky.social and @kristeninbody.bsky.social as our special guest hosts. They’ll be looking at “Pedal Power in the Parks”-a topic we’ve never had. Get it in gear for an exceptional topic. Please join us. #ParkChat @naturetechfam.bsky.social

Do we see pattern. Shutting down NPS air and USGS water monitoring for industry pollution and oil spills? No accountability for his #Oligarchs. The 25 USGS centers monitor water to protect health. Help clean up oil and chemical spills. #ParkChat #pollution www.ecowatch.com/trump-usgs-c...

A May 1st afternoon in the Midwest.

Socialism is what they called public power.  Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

A12: #ParkChat Book Club is reading "Walking Toward Peace" by Cindy Ross. The book depicts 25 veterans with PTSD getting out in nature and finding hope and healing. Our second meeting is Tuesday, 5/20 at 5 PM Pacific. DM me for deets.