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Natural infrastructure is our nature-powered life support system. It is nature made visible and functional in all environments. Natural infrastructure extends from city gardens to rural agricultural lands, urban tree canopy to forest preserves, urban bio-swales to dynamic river systems. Nature’s working systems—water, air, plants, and soils—support life, promote health, and shape culture. With communities looking to new ways to partner with nature, engaging nature’s processes in design is at the heart of sustainability. The vitality of our communities depends on how well we bring together our human and natural systems.
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PapahĀnaumokuĀkea Marine National Monument, Hawaii
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is the world’s largest marine conservation area. Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is the gateway to this 1,400 mile-long chain of Pacific islands and atolls northwest of the main Hawaiian Islands—a swath of rare marine habitat larger than all U.S. national parks combined. more
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Des Moines, Belfair, and Coupeville, Washington
Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission
Burgeoning development around the Puget Sound has put a strain on the estuary’s ecosystems and habitats. As part of the Governor’s Puget Sound Initiative, state parks were identified as ideal places to showcase how to care for the Sound. more
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Lake Forest Park, Washington
City of Lake Forest Park
In May of 2007 Jones & Jones began Washington State’s first "green infrastructure plan." more
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Denver, Colorado
City of Denver, Department of Parks
Denver Commons Park is the centerpiece of Denver’s riverfront park system, and a key link in a 10.5-mile river greenway. more
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
This non-motorized commuter parkway and prairie restoration along a converted rail line links residential neighborhoods with the heart of downtown Minneapolis and the Mississippi waterfront. more
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Bellevue, Washington
City of Bellevue, Department of Parks and Recreation
Within view of high-rise office towers, the Mercer Slough Nature Park is home to more than 100 bird species and several dozen mammal species. more
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Renton, Washington
City of Renton Parks Division
This popular legacy waterfront park reclaims a mile-long stretch of industry-degraded shoreline at the south end of Lake Washington for nature and public enjoyment. more
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Bellevue, Washington
City of Bellevue Parks and Recreation Department
This popular beach park was created on one of the last undeveloped stretches of Bellevue’s Lake Washington shoreline. An elegant and rhythmic design blends public recreation areas within preserved and restored natural shoreline and uplands. more
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