Santos named Director, Research and Conservation at Longwood Gardens
Kate Santos
Longwood Gardens announced Wednesday the appointment of Kate Santos, Ph.D., as Director, Research and Conservation, to lead the organization’s science-based activities, strategically driving excellence in research, conservation, land stewardship, and ecology with local, national, and global impact.
Santos comes to the position having 15 years of experience leading for-profit business...
Op/Ed: Social construction distracts from conservation of national parks
By Katie Toth, Special to The Times
A cannon at Valley Forge National Park. Image courtesy, National Park Service.
John Muir, a historical advocate for National Parks, once said “Thousands of tired, nerve- shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.”i National parks protect the natural environment, wildlife, and...
