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A family bikes on a greenway together

Nature Gap Report Emphasizes the Importance of Nature Access

At NRF, we’re invested in helping kids spend time outside for many reasons. Outdoor recreation is joyful, and kids deserve opportunities to have fun. We are, however, driven by more than a desire to connect kids to

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a school garden has raised beds and is filled with kids

Children & Nature Network Advocates for Green Schoolyards

Natural spaces come in all shapes and sizes, from national parks and wilderness areas to backyards and local greenways. It’s important to invest in conservation projects across this spectrum. Both the Yosemite Valley

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Heather Kuhlken
Image courtesy of Families in Nature.

Heather Kuhlken Awarded NRF’s 2025 Crawford Prize

For the past 10 years, I have been planning how we [Families in Nature] can meaningfully scale our work, how we can replicate it, and how there can be thousands of me instead of just me. The Crawford Prize will allow us

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Trees and plants line a city sidewalk

Investing in Nearby Nature

When we think of nature, it can be easy to envision it as a faraway pristine landscape where human impacts are invisible and only a privileged few get to explore. In the United States, we’re lucky to have something

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