NOTICE OF A PUBLIC LISTENING SESSION ON THE PRESIDENT'S AMERICA'S GREAT OUTDOORS INITIATIVE WITH A FOCUS ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
"It's a recognition, passed down from one generation to the next, that few pursuits are more satisfying to the spirit than discovering the greatness of America's outdoors."
-President Barack Obama, April 16, 2010
In April, at the White House Conference on America's Great Outdoors, President Obama established the America's Great Outdoors Initiative to develop a conservation and recreation agenda worthy of the 21st century and to reconnect Americans with our great outdoors. The President understands that protecting and restoring the lands and waters that we love and reconnecting people to the outdoors must be community driven and supported. You can find more information on the America's Great Outdoors Initiative and submit comments on-line at: www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/. The President directed the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality to lead this effort and to listen and learn from people all over the country. Please join senior representatives of these agencies for a public listening session and discussion on historic preservation and its relationship with conservation, recreation, and reconnecting Americans to the great outdoors. This public listening session and discussion is an opportunity for leaders of the America's Great Outdoors Initiative to hear from you about solutions for building a 21st century heritage preservation, conservation, and recreation agenda and reconnecting all Americans with the outdoors. Please join us – here are the details:
Listening Session and Discussion Information:
What: A discussion on America's Great Outdoors
Who: Representatives from DOI, USDA, and EPA, will be present to hear your thoughts and to participate in a conversation with you.
When: Tuesday, July 27, 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Where: WHYY, Inc. Independence Mall West
150 N. 6th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Register:
This event is free and open to the public and we will make every effort to accommodate everyone. To help with our planning, we encourage you to pre-register by Thursday, July 22. To pre-register, email to: Rosanne_Ruffo@nps.gov and provide your name, organization and primary area of interest:
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Connecting community-based historic preservation and recreation
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Job and volunteer opportunities in historic preservation and outdoor recreation
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Heritage education and other ways to engage Americans of all ages and origins in our history, culture, and natural bounty
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Building upon State, local, private, and tribal priorities for historic preservation
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Historic preservation's role in the America's great outdoors initiative to develop a conservation and recreation agenda
We hope you will participate and look forward to hearing from you.This event is hosted by the Department of the Interior (DOI), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).
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For more information on this initiative, please visit www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors.