WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The Library of Congress issued the following news: "You Are Here," Ada Limon's signature project as the nation's 24th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, will launch during National Poetry Month in April with a celebration at the Library of Congress and will continue throughout the year with installations of poetry as public art in national parks across the country. "You Are Here" is comprised of two major initiatives, a new anthology of nature poems and a series of visi  more

JEMEZ SPRINGS, New Mexico, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: After an amazing 21-year career of scientific inquiry and resource stewardship at Valles Caldera National Preserve, Dr. Robert Parmenter decided to hang up his NPS flat hat and retire. Over his tenure at Valles Caldera--spanning the Valles Caldera Trust and the National Park Service--Dr. Parmenter served as Chief Scientist and Chief of Science and Resource Stewar  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: National parks from coast to coast will host special events this year with Ada Limon, the nation's 24th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. In partnership with the Library of Congress and the Poetry Society of America, Limon's "You Are Here: Poetry in Parks" initiative will feature site-specific poetry installations in seven national parks. "Generations of artists have been in  more