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YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN NATURE: An Interview with Karen Pittman

Karen J. Pittman is president and CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment, a national nonprofit, nonpartisan “action tank” that combines thought leadership on youth development, youth policy, cross-system/cross-sector partnerships and developmental youth practice with...

By Richard Louv | Apr 15, 2019

Nature RX: The Best Medicine

The late neurologist and author, Dr. Oliver Sacks, was a true believer in the power of nature to heal. Sacks, who would take his patients to gardens whenever possible, described two patients for whom nature was literally the best medicine. One patient, a friend of...

By John LaPuma | May 23, 2019

For Veterans, Outdoor Therapy Could Become Law

Representative Chris Smith of New Jersey has introduced a new bill, the Outdoor Recreation Therapy for Veterans Act. The bill, HR 2435, would establish a task force charged with finding ways to make better use of public land in treatment and therapy for vets. The bill acknowledges the important role public lands and unspoiled wilderness play in American society and could direct one of the largest budgets in the world—that of the U.S. military—toward protecting public lands and funding the guides and gear necessary to recreate on them, all the while educating millions of veterans about the importance of conserving our wild places.

REI and National Forest Foundation Team up to Restore Trails and Connect Youth to National Forests

REI and National Forest Foundation have teamed up for a third consecutive year to restore trails and connect youth to National Forests. This year funds will support up to 15 high-impact projects on National Forests around the country. In addition, every project supported year has a youth element such as an internship, a summer field program or a day of stewardship.