Federal Investments Required to Expand Service and Learning Opportunities For Young People On Public Lands

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The outdoors are one of the West's most valuable assets. They provide sustenance, recreation, energy and income. But our wild places are also our best classrooms, and with strong national leadership, we can continue to offer Western kids and young adults unique service and educational opportunities in the outdoors.Too many young Americans are exercising their thumbs playing video games these days, instead of exercising their bodies playing outside. Too many children grow up in families that have never visited public lands or fished in a river or hiked a trail. And, because the recession has been particularly hard on young workers, too many are facing closed doors instead of looking forward to bright futures.More...

Federal Investments Required to Expand Service and Learning Opportunities For Young People On Public Lands