In the past, our tradition was to rename parks only for an individual related to the life of the park.

There are very few parks that compare to a project like this. Imagine a 33-mile park that connects shopping districts, subdivisions and business districts.

The animal was lying down and then wandered off. Van Cortlandt Park is home to many wild animals, including deer and turkey, and it is not altogether unusual to spot a coyote.

We take too much of our heritage for granted. Harriman State Park is not Mt. Vernon. Nor is it Yosemite. But heritage cannot be measured on a scale...

Coyotes, by nature, typically avoid human contact.

We've already seen two patients from South Dakota in the past two weeks. We were stunned.