[BCNnet] Re: [vsn-stewards] federal listening session - why attend?

[Laurel Ross]

thanks Judy--well said.  and we are almost certainly going to be able to
offer free parking so that makes it painless

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Judy Pollock <jpbobolink at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> You may have seen this posting and wondered why you should show up.
> If you are on one of these listserves, you are probably a person that
> federal officials want to hear from. There are 4 questions near the
> end of this announcement - questions that you probably have some good
> ideas about. Please consider going to speak up about all the great
> work that is going on in the Chicago Region, and share your ideas
> about how the feds can better support it.
>
> Judy Pollock
>
> Provide input to President Obama's America's Great Outdoors
> Initiative, a 21st Century agenda for conservation, recreation and
> connecting with the outdoors.
>
> FORUM ON PARKS, OPEN SPACE AND NATURE
> MONDAY AUGUST 30, 5:30 p.m.
>
> (Registration begins at 4:30 p.m.)
> The Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago
> Simpson Theater(entry through West door)
> Click here for more details on the August 30 event.
>
> LISTENING SESSION ON HEALTH IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS
> Tuesday, August 31st
> General Listening Session: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Northwestern
> University School of Law
> Youth Listening Session: 5:00 - 7:00 pm, Prentice Women's Hospital
> Click here for more details on the August 31 event.
>
> MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD! Young people are especially encouraged to attend.
>
> President Barack Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum establishing
> the America's Great Outdoors Initiative to promote and support
> innovative community-level efforts to conserve outdoor spaces and to
> reconnect Americans to the outdoors.
>
> The federal government wants to hear about the places you love, your
> community's efforts to protect them, and how to better support
> modern-day land conservation efforts happening in communities across
> the country.
>
> Please come and share your ideas on the four questions guiding the
> America's Great Outdoors initiative:
>
> 1. Challenges: What obstacles exist to conservation, recreation, or
> reconnecting people to the outdoors?
> 2. What works: What are the most effective strategies for
> conservation, recreation and reconnecting people to the outdoors?
> 3. Federal government role: How can the federal government be a more
> effective partner in helping to achieve conservation, recreation or
> reconnecting people to the outdoors?
> 4. Tools: What additional tools and resources would help make these
> efforts even more successful?
>
> You will have the opportunity to submit brief verbal or written
> comments and suggestions on any of the four questions during the
> sessions.
>
> If you can't attend a listening session , please join the conversation
> online at
> http://www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/Join-the-Conversation.cfm
>
> PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO OTHERS, INCLUDING YOUTH, WHO WOULD BE
> INTERESTED!
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