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Photo courtesy of Hands and Hearts for Horses

Equine Connections Promote Youth Development Outcomes

There are so many different ways to promote positive youth development. Some youth programs focus on sports, while others emphasize camping, and still others center around art or science. What most youth development

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Photo courtesy of Parks in Focus

Grantee Spotlight: Parks in Focus

Sometimes it can feel as though kids are asked to choose between their interests instead of being celebrated for engaging with lots of different kinds of activities. They can either excel at dance or science,

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A group of people walk down a trail with backpacks on. The person in the center smiles at the camera.
Photo courtesy of Wild Diversity

Wild Diversity Builds LGBTQ+ Community Outdoors

June is Pride month. In a year already marked by anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and legislation, it feels especially important to celebrate the joy and resilience of the LGBTQ+ community. For NRF, this means focusing on

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Photo courtesy of Children & Nature Network

Children & Nature Network Boosts Capacity for Outdoor Programs

The Children & Nature Network (C&NN) received an Impact Grant from NRF in 2021 that wrapped up at the end of 2022. The grant focused on expanding the ongoing work of C&NN to increase capacity across the youth

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Photo Courtesy of Eastern Sierra Conservation Corps

Build Community in the Outdoors on National Trails Day

The first Saturday in June is National Trails Day. Organized by the American Hiking Society, National Trails Day is a day to appreciate the local trails that make the outdoors an enjoyable and welcoming place to be.

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Debt-Ceiling Crisis

May 25, 2023    debt-ceiling crisis

  Has Your Organization Discussed and Evaluated the Impact of a Failure to Raise the U.S. Debt-Ceiling? If lawmakers do not reach an agreement regarding the debt-ceiling and the U.S. defaults on its debt, the

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