contentsapril 2021 PHOTO COURTESY OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY PARK AND RECREATION volume 56 | number 4 | parksandrecreation.org Mecklenburg County (North Carolina) Park and Recreation staff participate in a briefing before conducting a prescribed burn on parkland. FEATURES 34 Parks and Recreation Fends Off Wildfires Jennifer Fulcher Park and recreation professionals across the United States are protecting local land and communities from wildfire. 2 Parks & Recreation 40 Born on the Bayou Ted Vuong, P.E., LEED A.P., ENV SP Learn how a golf course was repurposed into the worldclass Houston Botanic Garden. | A P R I L 2 02 1 | PA R K S A N D R E C R E AT I O N .O R G 46 Protecting the Land and Its History Cort Jones, Vitisia Paynich and Roxanne Sutton Sara Sinclair and Stephanie Lozano share insights about tribal nations and land acknowledgement in North America.http://www.parksandrecreation.org