r/Stateparks

Please help save dinosaur state park from destruction by data centers
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Please help save dinosaur state park from destruction by data centers

dinosaur state park is a state park on a river in texas with dinosaur tracks that you can swim in (the water is the clearest in the state) as well as the best preserved river ecosystem in texas its full of an incredible diversity of insects particularly caterpillars when i go there i useualy see 15 to 20 different caterpillar species and thousands of individual catterpillars as well as iridescent green caterpillar killer beetles as well as a high diversity of mammals like armadillos and birds like the endangered golden cheeked warbler.

This valuable ecosystem is now about to be completely destroyed for data centers planned to be built upstream of the river that will use up all of the rivers water please sign this petition to protect the park https://www.change.org/p/protect-dinosaur-valley-put-guardrails-on-massive-data-centers-in-texas?recruiter=1279810821&recruited_by_id=84c837f0-49ac-11ed-80f6-39f477ccb6bf&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_medium=reddit&share_id=HjLStWRv9w

u/Dilligent-Spinosaur — 1 day ago

Landsford Canal State Park (SC)

Hot and humid hike but fairly empty this morning. Short drive from Charlotte.

u/SpacemanSpiff61 — 1 day ago
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Where to camp last minute near Los Angeles for Fourth of July weekend

As many outdoor lovers know, there’s a special kind of magic when the stars align, you snag a last-minute reservation and realize you’ll soon be sleeping under the stars in a place you’ve never been.

But given the popularity of California’s campgrounds, is it really possible to book a campsite on short notice? 

In this edition of The Wild, our outdoors staff writer Jaclyn Cosgrove explains not only how you can book campsites last minute but also where you will be more likely to find open spots (even, if lucky, on a holiday weekend like Fourth of July weekend).

Here’s what to know. 

latimes.com
u/losangelestimes — 2 days ago