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Western Sydney Parklands

The Western Sydney Parklands, also known as Western Sydney Regional Parklands, is an urban park system located in Western Sydney.


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Alex Matthiessen

He was also co-creator and head of the Green Energy Parks initiative, a joint program between the Department of the Interior’s National Park Service and the Department of Energy, which promotes renewable and energy efficient technology throughout the national park system.

Battle of Beaver Dams

The move may have been inspired by the creation, earlier that year, of Fort Howe National Park in New Brunswick—the first site admitted to the national park system on the basis of its historical significance.

Charles Follen McKim

McKim was a member of the Congressional commission for the improvement of the Washington park system, the New York Art Commission, the Accademia di San Lucca (Rome, 1899), the American Academy in Rome and the Architectural League.

Charles Loring

Charles M. Loring (1833–1922), American businessperson, miller, father of Minneapolis park system

Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

It thus offers direct pedestrian access to the park system, with connections to public transportation, from the lower-lying residential areas of Berkeley and Oakland.

Colorado State Highway 74

Established in 1909 by Colorado governor Robert W. Speer, the system encompassed several areas west of the city, comprising the first city-owned park system in the world.

Day Boulevard

Carson Beach, M Street Beach and Pleasure Bay are beaches along Day Boulevard that are part of the park system.

Ebey

Fort Ebey State Park in Island County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System

George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier State Park

The park is named for George Crady, a local Florida state representative and supporter of the Florida State Park system.

Indiana Dunes State Park

This was one of the first places Richard Lieber considered when establishing the Indiana State Park system.

James A. Thompson

During his political career, Thompson was assisted in projects for the expansion of Highway 59, improving local roads in Sugar Land, the creation of the Sugar Land Town Square, improving the Sugar Land Regional Airport; expanding the Sugar Land park system (creating the Imperial, Oyster Creek, and Eldridge parks), and acquiring land for the Brazos River Corridor.

John Bogart

From 1877 on, he was engaged as Engineer for many important enterprises, among them the municipal works at New Orleans, Chicago, Nashville and Baltimore; the designs of the parks at Albany, N.Y., the Public State Grounds at Nashville, the West Side parks of Chicago and the park system of Essex County, New York.

New Jersey Transit Rail Operations

Freehold-Matawan: leased to Monmouth County Park System until 2020 as interim section of Henry Hudson Trail

Oleta

Oleta River State Park, largest urban park in the Florida State Park system

Oleta River State Park

Adjoining the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University, the park contains one of the largest concentrations of Casuarina trees (Australian 'pine'), an invasive species in the state park system.

Olmsted Park System

Olmsted Park, Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts, also known as Olmsted Park System (and listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under that name)

Parkways of Louisville, Kentucky, also known as Olmsted Park System (and listed on the NRHP under that name)

Spencer Park

Spencer Spit State Park, part of the Washington State Park System, United States

Warren Ost

When Ost retired as the Executive Director for ACMNP, Michael Forbes, a New York House Representative, placed a commendation in the Congressional Record for the 45 years of service Ost had provided to the National Park system.