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Latinos, Asians more worried about environment than whites, poll finds

Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times

Nov 20, 2010

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For example, 50% of Latinos and 46% of Asians who responded to the poll said they personally worry a great deal about global warming, compared with 27% of whites. Two-thirds of Latinos and 51% of Asians polled said they worry a great deal about air pollution, compared with 31% of whites.

National Parks Reach Out to Blacks Who Aren’t Visiting

Mireya Navarro, New York Times

Nov 3, 2010

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On Friday, “The Oprah Winfrey Show” devoted the full hour to a segment that was taped at Yosemite in response to Mr. Johnson’s appeal. Part 2 of the episode is to be broadcast on Wednesday.

The visitors issue is a pressing one for the National Park Service, which is expanding its efforts to diversify both its guests and its work force as the agency prepares to celebrate its centennial in 2016.

Sharing the Legacy

Jesse Chambers, Birmingham Weekly

Feb 18, 2010

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In 1995, Frank and Audrey Peterman, an adventurous middle-aged couple in Broward, Fla., piled into their trusty Ford F-150 pick-up and drove across America to visit the natural wonders they had never seen — the Badlands, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon. In eight weeks, they drove 12,000 miles through 40 states and visited 12 national parks.

Park Ranger Asks: Where Are the Black Visitors?

Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle

Aug 9, 2009

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Johnson, a musician, storyteller and interpretive specialist at Yosemite National Park, is determined to inspire young inner-city African Americans to experience what he says transformed his life. Less than 1 percent of the visitors to Yosemite are African American, a number he's eager to improve.

Black community shows growing interest in going green

Anonymous

Nov 5, 2009

WASHINGTON – When President Obama last week approved funding to enlarge a national park in South Carolina, it was just another indication of a growing movement: the African American community is getting its hands green.

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Wilderness Society honors diverse conservation heroes

Oct 20, 2010

Our national parks, national forests, and other public lands belong to all Americans — and Americans of all kinds are doing great work to protect these natural treasures for future generations. The Wilderness Society’s Diversity Task Force honors this citizen richness by selecting dedicated Americans to put on the “Faces of Conservation” wall in our Washington, D.C., headquarters.

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Honoring Buffalo Soldiers’ role in establishing the National Parks

Feb 26, 2010

African-American participation in the armed forces dates back to the Revolutionary War. During the Civil War over 180,000 black men fought for the Union Army in volunteer regiments. The stirring movie “Glory,” starring Morgan Freeman, dealt with that period.

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A conversation with the creator of Outdoor Afro

Nov 19, 2009

In a recent bout of Googling, I fortuitously found the wonderful Web site and blog, Outdoor Afro. Outdoor Afro is a “website community that reconnects African-Americans with natural spaces and one another through recreational activities.” The owner and operator of the website, Rue Mapp, sat down (virtually, of course) and talked to me about the passion behind Outdoor Afro and why conservation organizations should play a role in encouraging people of color to get outside and care about our wild places.

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Congaree National Park expanded: Our work with South Carolina’s local youth and legislators

Nov 12, 2009

Of the 50 states, South Carolina is not one often associated with land preservation. But that’s not the case this fall. A bill passed by Congress in October has granted part of the funding to expand the state’s only national park and the home of the nation’s largest tract of old-growth bottomland hardwood forest.

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Helping Ken Burns uncover National Parks' diversity

Sep 21, 2009

Our own Frank Peterman had a hand in helping documentary maker Ken Burns find one of the interesting characters portrayed in Burns’ much-anticipated series on national parks (The National Parks: America’s Best Idea), to begin airing on PBS on Sept. 27.

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