A National Get Outdoors Day event will be held June 10 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Tuacahn Outdoor Amphitheater Plaza in Ivins. Get Outdoors Day is an outgrowth of the Get Outdoors USA! campaign, which encourages Americans, especially youth, to seek out healthy, active outdoor lives and embrace parks, forests, refuges, and other public lands and waters. The event is free and open to the public.
Participating partners will offer opportunities for American families to experience traditional and nontraditional types of outdoor activities. The event will offer a mix of information centers and active fun areas where guests, and especially kids, can see desert tortoises, learn outdoor survival skills, use a solar telescope, and find information about public lands in the region. Photo opportunities with Smokey Bear and Seymore Antelope will be provided.
The pilot effort of National Get Outdoors Day was launched June 14, 2008 and has grown every year. Building on the success of More Kids in the Woods and other efforts to connect Americans, and especially children, with nature and active lifestyles, the USDA Forest Service and the American Recreation Coalition led an inclusive, nationwide effort focusing on a single day when people would be inspired and motivated to get outdoors. Last year, over 171 official Get Outdoors Day sites across the nation welcomed over 48,000 new faces to the joy and benefits of the great outdoors.
Working with the Forest Service, Get Outdoors USA! hosted six recreation forums in early 2007 and learned that public lands were missing the right triggers to capture the attention of today’s youth. The Get Outdoors Day concept was first tested at the Outdoor Recreation Village at Super Bowl XLII in Glendale, Arizona, which drew over 100,000 visitors.
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