Pasted below is an item from the USFS' "FS Today" website. It begins with the words "A consortium of federal agencies and nonprofit organizations and the recreation industry..." and provides a link where you can "learn more."
 
Follow that link and you'll be taken directly to the American Recreation Coalition's website. Follow the link at the bottom of that page and you'll eventually find a list of event coordinators, sponsors and partners. Here is the direct link.
 
The list is headed by the two event coordinators (the  ARC and the USFS), followed by 92 supporters. I encourage you to check that list.
 
Knowing the ARC represents the narrow interests of commercialized, privatized and motorized recreation and having been informed that the ARC is the Get Outdoors Day co-coordinator, I'd like to ask --  is this event something the environmental community should actively support, publicly lambaste or simply ignore?
 
While I'm at it, perhaps I should ask -- "in the relationship between the ARC and the USFS, who is the senior partner?"
 
Scott

 
 
DATE POSTED: 02/19/2009
National Get Outdoors Day 2009 Plans Announced

A consortium of federal agencies and nonprofit organizations and the recreation industry have announced details for National Get Outdoors Day 2009, an annual event to encourage healthy, active outdoor fun across the nation.

On June 13, 2009, participating organizations will offer sites for American families to sample both traditional and new types of outdoor activities. Prime goals of the day are reaching first-time visitors to public lands and reconnecting our youth to the great outdoors, and then invite those taking part in the day to visit specific sites for fun “EChO-Events” for opportunities to hike with rangers, learn to fish, and go mountain biking.

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