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PUBLIC LISTENING SESSIONS ON THE PRESIDENT’S AMERICA’S GREAT OUTDOORS INITIATIVE

– July 09, 2010

Even in times of crisis, we’re called to take the long view to preserve our national heritage –- because in doing so we fulfill one of the responsibilities that falls to all of us as Americans, and as inhabitants of this same small planet. -President Barack Obama, April 16, 2010 Submit Your Ideas & Join the Conversation About America's Great Outdoors * Grand Island, Nebraska: July 12 * Asheville, North Carolina: July 15 * Denver & Grand Junction, Colorado: July 16 * Albuquerque, New Mexico: July 17 * San Francisco, California: July 23 * Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: July 27 Previous Listening…
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