Parks & People's Ongoing Efforts

Parks & People focuses on restoring urban natural resources and programs for motivating youth, and actively supports other organizations that increase recreational opportunities and protect Baltimore's natural resources. Please click on the links below for more information.


Baltimore Alliance for Great Urban Parks - a coalition of park advocates campaigning for sustainable funding for parks and recreation.

Baltimore Ecosystem Study - a research program for understanding metropolitan Baltimore as an ecosystem by bringing together researchers from the biological, physical, and social sciences to collect new data and synthesize existing information on how both the natural and man-made systems of Baltimore interact.

Baltimore Track FAC - operated by the Baltimore City Department of Recreation & Parks, a program for children ages 7-18, enabling them to compete in local, state, and national events.

Baltimore/Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound - established by the Parks & People Foundation and operated by the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School, a program that encourages teamwork, confidence, leadership, and community involvement through outdoor experiential education.

City Parks Alliance - a national advocacy organization, with its home office in Washington, DC, that builds stronger, healthier, and more livable cities by promoting involvement and investment in urban parks.

The Gwynns Falls Trail Council - The Gwynns Falls Trail is a unique urban hiking and biking trail providing access to a scenic and historic greenway stream valley in Baltimore City managed by a partnership among public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and community representatives organized as the Gwynns Falls Trail Council. The Trail has been designated as part of the East Coast Greenway and the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network. We look forward to seeing you on the Trail soon. Please come out and enjoy this wonderful, new environmental and recreation resource. Learn more about the Gwynns Falls Watershed on our Publications page.

Urban Ecology Collaborative - a collection of public and nonprofit partners from across the Eastern megalopolis working with the U.S. Forest Service to establish a regional prototype of an Urban Natural Resouces Stewardship Program and the Next Generation Tool Kit for urban restoration.

Working to Support a Healthy Environment!