Healthcare and Green Groups Should Work Together on Equal Childhood Access to Nature

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We are calling on healthcare providers, medical associations, conservation organizations, and Congress to work together on advocating for outdoor time to improve human health for all, write SierraOutdoors' JackieOstfeld and ParkRxAmerica's Stacy Stryer.

is one way we can push for this. The bill, if passed, would formally establish the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership program, a National Park Service grant program aimed at helping economically disadvantaged communities with little to no access to public outdoor recreation spaces.

It has funded dozens of projects, including the Belle Isle Park Athletic Complex in Detroit, Michigan; Three Mile Creek Greenway Project in Mobile, Alabama; and Bay Point Wetland Restoration and Public Access Project in California.

 

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