Go Wild: Engaging Conservation Champions in the USA

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This presentation features events and publications about parks and wildlife in the USA. We pay our respect to past and present leaders and ask what we must do to engage conservation champions of the future. Planeta Wiki features collaboratively edited features about biodiversity, parks and wildlife around the world. Editors are encouraged to add relevant links, current headlines and upcoming events. http://planeta.wikispaces.com/usawild

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Those who contemplate

the beauty of the earth

f ind reserves of strength

that wil l endure as long as l ife lasts .

Photo @ Wikipedia

Bryce National Park @ronmader

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Endangered Species Day is held the third Friday in May and recognizes the national conservation effort to protect our nation's endangered species and their habitats.

#EndangeredSpeciesDay

25 AUGUST

p h o t o @ r o n m a d e r # u s a w i l d

nps .gov/cal ltoaction

nps .gov/public_health/hp/hphp.htm

npca .org

V i s i t o r c e n t e r s a n d o t h e r l o c a t i o n s w h e r e v i s i t o r s g a i n i n f o r m a t i o n i n p a r k s a r e v i e w e d a s o l d f a s h i o n e d . T h e y a r e n o t f r i e n d l y t o t h e w a y s i n w h i c h m o r e t e c h - s a v v y v i s i t o r s g a i n i n f o r m a t i o n o n c e i n a p a r k , o r t o i n c r e a s i n g a m o u n t s o f i n f o r m a t i o n t h a t i s a v a i l a b l e t o v i s i t o r s b e f o r e t h e y c o m e t o a p a r k . - N a t i o n a l P a r k s C o n s e r v a t i o n A s s o c i a t i o n

www.nature .nps .gov

f l i c k r . c o m / g r o u p s / n o r t h a m e r i c a n e c o t o u r i s m

I sti l l f ind each day

too short for al l the thoughts I want to think , a l l the walks I want to take , a l l the books I want to read , and al l the fr iends I want to see - John Burroughs Photo @ Library of Congress

Kudos Chimani

National Park Service NPCA PBS

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