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“All agree that parks not only add to the beauty of a city and to the pleasure of living in it, but are exceedingly important factors in developing the healthfulness and business prosperity of its residents.” – Olmsted Brothers The Buffalo Olmsted Park System is our nation’s first system of parks, parkways and circles, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. In 1876, Olmsted proclaimed Buffalo to be “the best planned city … in the United States, if not the world.” Today, our city retains its remarkable urban fabric thanks to the vision of this extraordinary man, as well as the support of thousands of Buffalonians and friends who enjoy the parks every day.

FOR ALL THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE BUFFALO OLMSTED PARK SYSTEM, THERE HAVE BEEN BIG PIECES LOST ALONG THE WAY, INCLUDING A REFRACTORY LOST TO FIRE; A NEARLY 5-ACRE ROSE GARDEN WHERE THE BUFFALO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE WAS BUILT AT MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. PARK; A LAKE HOUSE AT FRONT PARK; AND THE ORIGINAL MARCY CASINO AT DELAWARE PARK. The system also lost a few smaller parks entirely, including Bennett Park in South Park and Masten Park, where the high school bearing that name was built. The biggest losses came at the hand of urban renewal efforts. Big parts of Front Park and Riverside Park overlooking the river were lost to the I-190 and the Peace Bridge, while Humboldt Parkway – which was even grander and wider than Chapin Parkway — was cut in half with construction in the 1950s of the Kensington Expressway. At the time, it seemed like progress, offering greater connectivity to the suburbs when many families were getting cars for the first time. But six rows of trees were replaced with six lanes of traffic, and oxygen-generating trees were replaced with exhaust- and smog-causing vehicles, said Stephanie Crockatt, executive director of the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy, which maintains the parks system. “It was a devastating loss,” she said. “Where you look at Chapin and see the regal houses on either side and know people could come out of their front yard and congregate in this free, open public space, that’s exactly what the houses on either side of the Kens...

Watch Video: Tourist gets dangerously close to resting bison to snap a risky selfie When entering Yellowstone National Park, a park ranger hands visitors a pamphlet full of helpful information. This guide instructs tourists to stay at least 25 yards away from bison, elk and other wildlife, and to stay at least 100 yards away from bears and wolves. I won't be as polite as the pamphlet: LEAVE THE ANIMALS ALONE! Year after year, Already this year in Yellowstone National Park’s Lamar Valley − known as the Serengeti of the West because of its diverse wildlife − The man pled guilty to “feeding, touching, teasing, frightening or intentionally disturbing wildlife.” During Memorial Day weekend − and I can’t even believe I'm writing this − At this stage of life, I’m not surprised by much, but it doesn’t make it any less infuriating when humans disrupt nature like this. It's time for tourists to start crowding America's national parks -- Yellowstone, Glacier, Yosemite, Zion, Grand Teton, Arches, Great Smoky Mountains, Shenandoah and hundreds more -- on spring and summer vacations. There are not many better places to connect with nature. Filmmaker Ken Burns has it right: The park system is among America’s greatest ideas. Covering the NBA playoffs the past few weeks, I’ve been through the Denver airport multiple times. I see the backpackers, campers, hikers and fly-fisherfolk exploring the outdoors in Colorado or using the airport as a layover to visit other parks, forests and wilderne...

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Get up close to our animals with the Monster Bison Bus and you can also see exotic animals like Tall Boy & Patches (our giraffes that will actually eat out of your hand!) and so much more!Our Petting zoo has a variety of different animals. With rabbits, turkeys, pigmy goats, pot belly pigs "Lucy" the miniature cow, "Bucky" the fallow deer, and some miniature horses. With the addition of our very own Turken Frisel, the petting zoo has become even more unusual and exciting. These are only a few of the animals that we have in our petting zooThe Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo is proud to be the home of the White Buffalo "TUKOTA" (Too-ko-ta). A white buffalo is considered by the Sioux Indian tribes to be the most sacred living thing you could encounter. My wife and I are old but hey, how can one resist driving through an animal park and feeding animals. The expense was minimal 10$ a person and the buckets of feed were 3$ a piece. You could walk through some enclosures but we were just interested in driving the loop through the park to feed the animals. Because the animals are well feed and familiar to visitors, many of them when they see your car coming will hustle over to you to get some feed, especially if you hold out the food bucket and give it a good shake. There are not a lot of animals but watching them peck away at the food you hold out, as you view them up close was a thrill. I especially liked the Ostrich. They were very tall and aggressively pecked away at the feed in t...