contents december departments 10 We Are Parks and Recreation Pandemic Empowered: Creative Solutions in a COVID-19 World 10 Creative Minds at Home 12 Introducing parkrun 13 Hitting Field Maintenance Out of the Park 14 Best Ways to Preserve Nature While Hiking 16 Announcing the Newly Accredited and Reaccredited CAPRA Agencies 17 Member Benefit: Give the Gift of Certification (at a Discount) 17 18 Research Parks and Recreation Provides Important Out-of-School Time Programming Kevin Roth 19 Park Pulse Gifting a Love of the Outdoors 50 Operations Post-Pandemic Trends in Aquatics Sarah Sharits 51 Park Essentials 55 Advertiser Index 56 Park Bench Alaskans Compete in 'World's Most Responsible Fishing Tournament' Christine Cunningham Page 20 columns 6 Perspectives Bringing Placemaking to Life Through the NRPA Annual Conference Kristine Stratton 8 Editor's Letter A Year of Optimism and Opportunity Vitisia Paynich 20 Advocacy Renewing the Importance of Parks to Canadians Cathy Jo (CJ) Noble and Michael Cleland 22 Health and Wellness Connecting the Dots to Health Jo Burns, MS, CTRS 24 Equity Fostering Inclusion Through Words Autumn Saxton-Ross, Ph.D. 26 Conservation Ensuring Equitable Climate Solutions for Our Parks Ayanna Williams, MSW 28 Law Review COVID-19 Emergency Executive Order Leads to Protestor Arrests in Park James C. Kozlowski, J.D., Ph.D. Cover image: Photo courtesy of U.S. Department of the Interior Parks & Recreation is printed using soy ink on at least 10 percent post-consumer recycled paper and is mailed in a wrap - only when required - that is plant based and certified compostable. If you are interested in helping us go even greener, email us at prmagazine@nrpa.org and ask to opt out of receiving the print magazine. Parks & Recreation is always available to read in an ezine format at ezine.nrpa.org. 4 Parks & Recreation | DECEMBER 2 0 2 1 | PARK S ANDRECRE AT ION . OR G Parks for All recognizes the importance of being part of the solution to climate change, resilience and environmental justice.http://ezine.nrpa.org