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Policies that Help Connect Kids and Nature

Since its inception in 1936, National Wildlife Federation (NWF) has worked to develop public policies that protect the environment and connect children, youth and families with the great outdoors.

Learn more about our federal, state and local campaigns to connect children to nature through public policy by clicking on the links below:

State Action Plans
Let's Move Initiative
America's Great Outdoors
Natural Play Areas
Youth Outdoors
Environmental Education
Safe Routes to School
Surgeon General

View the 90-minute webcast of the National Be Out There: A National Summit on Children and the Outdoors, held in Houston, Texas on April 10, 2010.

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10 Million Kids Outdoors

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