- Creating a 21st Century Youth Conservation Corps
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Barack Obama’s 2010 federal budget includes an additional fifty million dollars – seventy million in total – for strengthening and creating ways to engage youth in nature.
The future success of resource conservation efforts and effective stewardship of public lands and resources is reliant on an engaged public that values nature. Informed citizens and stewards are developed and nurtured over time. According to Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods, “Studies have shown that most conservation leaders credit their commitment to the environment to two sources: many hours spent outdoors, when they were children… and an adult who taught respect for nature.” The initial childhood wonder about the natural world can be sustained through hands-on experiences during the school-age years and enriched through long-term engagement and involvement in natural resource programs.
Stuff like this makes me so happy to pay taxes. There’s some great programs in there.
May 28, 2009 :: Tagged under: kids, outdoors, youthconservationcorps :: #
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