Legislation/Policy News
State
The Morning News – August 01, 2007
Beebe: Arkansas should be leader in environmental education
By John Lyon
Arkansas youngsters are within easy reach of nature wherever they are -- streams and lakes and rivers and hiking trails and outdoor opportunities. "Arkansas can and should be a leader -- it's our motto, the Natural State -- to encourage our young people to be able to get out and enjoy the outdoors," said Gov. Mike Beebe, speaking at a teachers' workshop on environmental education.
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State
PRNewswire-USNewswire – March 20, 2007
Pennsylvania Governor Appoints Nature Task Force
By Barry Ciccocioppo
Gov. Edward Rendell of Pennsylvania has appointed a task force to organize and coordinate a series of public meetings that will explore ways of helping people connect with nature. The announcement came at the close of the Governor's Outdoor Conference in March.
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State | Education
Albuquerque Journal – March 30, 2007
Leave No N.M. Child Inside
By Michael Casaus
The New Mexico Outdoor Classroom Initiative— the first of its kind in the nation— is an effort to increase outdoor education across the state utilizing state parks, federal public lands, ranches, nature centers and other locations.
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State
the San Francisco Chronicle – February 25, 2007
At-Risk Youths Might Get Back to Nature
By Tom Stienstra
If a proposal becomes law, California State Parks would create a new program to connect at-risk urban youths with nature.
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State
Amador Ledger Dispatch – March 21, 2007
Padilla Legislation Advocates Leaving No Child Inside
By Liz MacLeod
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National
The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies – February 06, 2007
Outdoors Proclamation Awaits President’s OK
A coalition of preservation and recreation groups recently asked President Bush, and the governors of all 50 states, to declare June Great Outdoors Month 2007. [+]
C&NN has designated April "Children & Nature Awareness Month." As part of this effort, we invited network members (like you) to list their April programs and share their strategies for building public awareness. Find out what's happening in your community on the C&NN Movement Map.
As part of our ongoing efforts to build the movement, the Children & Nature Network has published two new resources for leaders, organizers, and participants at the local, national, and international levels:
An annotated bibliography of 20 premier studies focusing on the children and nature connection.
