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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Interested in contributing a chapter to an edited book regarding conflicts in national parks and protected areas? If so, reach out to Dr. Michael Pretes (mjpretes@una.edu) to share your potential topic (conflict/park) idea with him or to ask any questions!

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group (PPASG) of the AAG seeks submissions for its 2027 Student Awards Competition. Three Student Awards will be offered: PPASG Undergraduate Presentation Award ($100) PPASG Graduate Presentation Award ($100) PPASG Student Poster Presentation Award ($100)

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Rep. Jared Huffman @rephuffman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It’s the National Park Service’s birthday, and to celebrate, NPS is waving entrance fees so you can visit any park for free! Mark 110 years of these protected places by getting outside and experiencing one of our country’s incredible parks. Find a park near you ⬇️ www.nps.gov/findapark/in...

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National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) @protectparks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dedication alone can't replace the staffing and resources parks need. That’s where we come in, Park Protectors. Today is NPCA’s Day of Action. We’re standing up for our parks, for park staff and for future generations. Add your name 📢 bit.ly/4qD1NMu

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

AAG 2027 Call for Abstracts! The Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group invites abstracts for paper and poster sessions addressing the geography of parks, protected areas, and conservation for the upcoming AAG Annual Meeting. #AAG #AAG2027

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

We are back to highlighting PPASG members with our spotlight series! This week we are celebrating Wenxin Yang, a Geography PhD candidate at UC Santa Barbara! Check out the awesome research that Wenxin does via the flyer below! #PPASG

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Many of our PPASG members are published in the latest special issue on "Teaching with National Parks" of the Parks Stewardship Forum (PSF) by the George Wright Society (GWS). Check it out! escholarship.org/uc/psf/42/2

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Thanks for a great week of #PASG sessions everyone! We’ll see you all at #AAG in New York in 2027!

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Day 2 of #AAG! The PASG has four more sessions of “Parks and Protected Areas: GIS/Geospatial Approaches” today! We will once again be in Monterey 1 & 2, 3rd Floor, Nikko from 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM & 12:50 PM - 3:50 PM! Come join us! #PASG

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Ready for #AAG2026? The PASG is kicking things off with four sessions of “Parks and Protected Areas: Human-Environment Approaches” today! We will be in Monterey 1 & 2, 3rd Floor, Nikko from 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM & 12:50 PM - 3:50 PM! Come join us! #PASG

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Are you a student who is looking for a publication opportunity for research work related to parks and protected areas? If so, click the following link to learn more about the Park Stewardship Forum's upcoming student-centered special issue for January 2027! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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PSF Student-Led Special Issue Solicitation Letter

Greetings Fellow Students of the George Wright Society! I am writing to you all because I want to extend an invitation to participate in a special student-centered issue of the Parks Stewardship Foru...

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

We are accepting submissions for the 2026 PASG Student Awards! - PASG Undergraduate Paper Award ($100) - PASG Graduate Paper Award ($100) - PASG Student Poster Award ($100) Interested students should reach out to Dr. Joe Weber at jweber2@ua.edu no later than 11:59 PM EST on March 15th, 2026!

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Welcome to round two of our PASG Member Spotlight Series! This week we are highlighting PASG member and PhD candidate Hardt Bergmann! Feel free to scan the QR code in the image below or click the following link to read her full write-up: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Congratulations to PASG Board Member Michael Pretes for being recognized as an AAG fellow! Well-deserved!

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Have you seen the latest issue of The Geography Teacher? It is a special issue on "U.S. Parks and Protected Areas", full of journal articles providing lesson plans for K-12 educators to use in the classroom. Feel free to check it out! www.tandfonline.com/toc/rget20/2...

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The Geography Teacher

U.S. National Parks and Protected Areas. Volume 23, Issue 1 of The Geography Teacher

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Welcome to the first posting of our PASG Member Spotlight Series! This week we are highlighting PASG Exec. Board member Dr. Amy Frazier! Feel free to scan the QR code in the image below or click the following link to read her full write-up: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Looking for an awesome park-specific academic conference to attend this year? If so, consider submitting a proposal to GWS Park Forum 2026, happening in Knoxville, TN this year! Read the full CFP at the following link: www.georgewrightsociety.org/parkforum-2026

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 18/12/2025

From New England's grasslands to Tanzania's Serengeti, researchers are identifying and protecting climate change “refugia” where wildlife can survive the longest. These pockets of resilience will give conservationists crucial time to act while the world addresses global warming. buff.ly/ZAFsdBM

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Where the wild things thrive: Finding and protecting nature’s climate change safe havens

Protecting places that are likely to remain cool and moist as global temperatures rise can save wildlife of all kinds, but first we have to find them.

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Our Public Lands & Waters @publiclandswaters.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Today, the Interior Department rolled out one of the biggest changes to national park access and fees in years, if not decades, and it will reshape how people—both U.S. residents and international visitors—get into places like Yellowstone, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon. #nationalparks #parkchat

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National Park Access and Fees Get Major Overhaul in 2026

Interior Department makes annual passes fully digital, increases fees for non-residents, and announces "patriotic fee-free days"

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Many members of the PASG attended the George Wright Society’s ParkForum 2025 workshop from October 20-23rd! It was great to reconnect and be with likeminded scholars and practitioners who love parks and protected areas like we do! Enjoy a few of the group photos we shared! #GWS #ParkForum

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

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Our Public Lands & Waters @publiclandswaters.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Now that the longest government shutdown in U.S. history has ended, and rangers will start assessing and addressing damage in our national parks, the Senate's FY 2026 budget bill is as relevant as ever. It would fully fund the National Park Service, ensure adequate staffing levels, and more.

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Now Is the Time to Tell Congress to Approve the Senate's Bipartisan Budget Bill That Protects National Parks and Their Workforce

Urge lawmakers to fully fund the NPS

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

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Our Public Lands & Waters @publiclandswaters.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Happy 109th Birthday to the National Park Service!

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Did you know that our outgoing PASG Chair, Dr. Yolonda Youngs, won the 2024 AAG John Brinkerhoff Jackson Prize for her new book, "Framing Nature: The Creation of an American Icon at the Grand Canyon"? Looking for summer reading? SAVE 40% with code 6AS24. www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

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Framing Nature - Nebraska Press

Winner of the 2024 John Brinkerhoff Jackson Prize from American Association of Geographers The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River is an internationally kno...

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 14/05/2025

As summer travel begins, Congress is considering a bill that could sell off parts of protected wilderness in NV & UT, threatening lands once called America’s “geography of hope.” Writer Wallace Stegner once warned: lose wilderness, and we lose part of ourselves.

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Why protecting wildland is crucial to American freedom and identity

Thanks to the power of writer Wallace Stegner, Americans have for decades been able to put words to the importance wilderness holds in the nation’s history and imagination.

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

That’s a wrap on #AAG2025! We had a great week of sessions and appreciate all of you for being a part of the fun and engagement. We’ll see you all in San Francisco next year!

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

We have one last day of awesome PASG sessions lined up, starting at 12:50 PM and going to 5:30 PM all in Room 410B of Huntington Place! Don’t forget about the first ever PASG social tonight at 6:30 PM at the Apparatus room bar in the Detroit Foundation Hotel as well! #PASG #AAG2025

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

We had a small but mighty group enjoy the PASG-sponsored field trip to River Raisin National Battlefield Park! We even got a behind-the-scenes tour of their in-progress new exhibits, which were fantastic! #AAG2025 #RiverRaisin

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Join us for the PASG’s Business Meeting this morning (8:30 AM) in Room 313A! We’re looking forward to reconnecting with everyone in person! #AAG2025

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Welcome to AAG 2025 in Detroit! The PASG has a great week of sponsored sessions, meetings, speakers, and even a field trip happening this week - we hope to see you all here! Enjoy!

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Interested in contributing to a special issue of The Geography Teacher on 'National Parks and Protected Areas'? If so, please review the attached solicitation letter! We'd love to see PASG members make their presence known on this special issue! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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TGT Special Issue on Parks and Protected Areas Solicitation Letter

Greetings Teachers and Geographers! I am writing to you all because I want to extend an invitation to participate in a special issue of The Geography Teacher that I am co-organizing with Mayra Roman-...

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Parks and Protected Areas Specialty Group - AAG @ppasg.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

The PASG is offering student awards this year! - PASG Undergraduate Paper Award ($100) - PASG Graduate Paper Award ($100) - PASG Student Poster Award ($100) For submissions and any questions, reach out to Dr. Joe Weber at jweber2@ua.edu no later than 11:59 PM EST on March 15th, 2025.

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