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Connecting young Americans — of all kinds — with the outdoors

November 4, 2010 By Ben Beach

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America’s Great Outdoors can protect Minnesota’s lands and waters

August 4, 2010 By Emily Diamond-Falk

Bird on Lake Wisconsin. Photo by Carl Johnson.

Approximately 650 people crowded into a concert hall at the University of Minnesota–Minneapolis to discuss conservation, recreation and how to reconnect Americans with the outdoors. Lisa Jackson, head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Nancy Sutley, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); and senior representatives from the United States Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Interior (DOI) attended the “listening session” as part of the Obama administration’s America’s Great Outdoors initiative. Read more

Administration Officials listen to Berkeley youth on America’s Great Outdoors

July 25, 2010 By Jenn Boggs

Young people at Berkeley America’s Great Outdoors listening session discuss conservation. Photo by Jennifer Boggs.

On July 23, federal officials heard an earful from about 125 teens and young adults - 16 to 25 years old – who participated in an America’s Great Outdoors listening session in Berkeley, CA. It was clear they wanted to have their opinions heard: some traveled from as far away as Sacramento and San Jose to attend the Friday afternoon session. Region: California Read more

America’s Great Outdoors Should Protect Berryessa Snow Mountain

July 7, 2010 By Alice Bond

Cache Creek from Redbud Trail, California. Photo by Sam Bledsoe.

On Wednesday July 7, Congressman Mike Thompson and members of the Obama administration officials will be in Davis, CA as part of its America’s Great Outdoors initiative. Read more

Annapolis Listening Session for America’s Great Outdoors

June 24, 2010 By Emily Diamond-Falk

Chesapeake Bay

If you live in or care about the Chesapeake Bay now is your time to participate in one of the Obama administration’s listening sessions on America’s Great Outdoors. Read more

The Wilderness Society Attends Youth Conservation Summit

June 24, 2010 By M'Shae Alderman

This weekend, hundreds of young people travelled from around the country to Central Park, to discuss the future of conservation at the Outdoor Nation Youth Summit. The goal of the summit was to grow “a cultural movement where youth are empowered to redefine, reclaim, and rediscover the outdoors.” Read more

America’s Great Outdoors can grow a new generation of conservationists

June 23, 2010 By Christina Wong

Young women at Outdoor Nation event in Central Park.

Five-hundred young Americans from across the United States converged on Central Park this weekend for Outdoor Nation — a national youth conservation summit and festival. Having hundreds of young people in Central Park isn’t a particularly big deal. What is significant is that the Obama administration has wisely decided that the Outdoor Nation event would provide a great forum for a youth-oriented listening session for its America’s Great Outdoors initiative. Read more

Help wildlands this Earth Day! Tip #8: Support programs that teach urban youth

April 20, 2010 By Alex Morris

The kids from Bryant Way Learning Center listen as Lost River Cave’s Annie Holt explains how caterpillars turn into butterflies.

From now until Earth Day, we invite you to read our daily staff tips on how you can make a difference for wildlands. My Earth Day tip is not just advice, it is a challenge: Get kids without backyards into nature. I mean, submerge them in it; take them away from the blacktops of parking lots, and show them a place where they can’t see the sky because of all the trees. Read more