Greetings!
Join the national discussion by sharing your trails and hiking experiences in the region and help develop ideas for future protection and restoration. President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum on April 16, 2010 establishing the America's Great Outdoors Initiative (AGO). The AGO Initiative aims to reconnect Americans to the outdoors and promote community-level efforts to conserve and restore outdoor spaces. As part of the AGO
Initiative, the administration will host "listening sessions" over the summer to collect public input as to how our federal partners can better serve the conservation and recreation interests of communities across the country. A report summarizing Americans' recommendations will be sent to the White House by mid-November.
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Let your federal partners know how important trails and hiking are to you and your communities! Encourage them to fund trails and conservation projects that you, your family and your friends cherish and count on for exercise, fun, relaxation, and which help support our environmental and economic health. American Hiking and our partners have developed "talking points" on these important aspects of trails and hiking for use at a listening session.
While several listening sessions are planned across the country, we would like to encourage you to attend the next session in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. When: Wednesday, August 4, 4:00pm-7:30pm What: Listening Session on the America's Great Outdoors Initiative.
Where: Ted Mann Concert Hall 2128 Fourth St.
South Minneapolis, MN 55455 For directions, click here.
Who: Representatives from DOI, USDA, EPA, and the White House Council on Environmental Quality will be present to hear your thoughts
and to participate in a conversation with you about America's Great Outdoors. Please register! The event is free and open to the public, but please register to attend. Click here to register on the EPA's website.
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American Hiking Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Membership dues are tax-deductible minus $10 for Backpacker magazine. |
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In this Alert:
Listening Session Information
- Background
- When, What, Where, & Who
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Trails Advocacy Week 2010 Highlights
Please check out successes and highlights from our Hike the Hill: Trails Advocacy Week here!
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