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Outdoors Alliance for Kids Makes Recommendations, Seeks Public Input

Outdoors Alliance for Kids – July 01, 2010

Outdoors Alliance for Kids Makes Recommendations, Seeks Public Input America’s Great Outdoors Recommendations from the Outdoors Alliance for Kids (OAK) The Outdoors Alliance for Kids (OAK) supports the Administration’s America’s Great Outdoors (AGO) initiative to engage the public in shaping a new conservation and recreation agenda that meets the needs of the 21st Century. OAK appreciates in particular the emphasis on engaging youth in the agenda-setting process. The members of OAK are brought together by the belief that the health and well-being of current and future generations, our planet, our communities and the economy depend on humans having a personal, direct and life-long relationship with nature and the outdoors.…
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