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a man in camo shorts holds hands with a woman as they walk through the forest
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Five Studies That Show How Spending Time in Nature Helps Veterans

Roughly one in four veterans say the transition back to civilian life was at least somewhat difficult...

Photo depicting tree leaves microscope, robot, tweezers, petri dish and the word STEAM
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Celebrate National STEM/STEAM Day with Environmental Education

Celebrate National STEM/STEAM Day as we spotlight the significance of Science, Tech, Engineering, Arts, and...

The groom is wearing a bright yellow helmet and sitting on the saddle of a cargo bike. The bridge is in the front basket of the bike. Both of them have their arms raised triumphantly
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Nature Lovers Say “I Do” to a Wedding on National Public Lands Day

A Virginia couple took their love of volunteering on public lands to the next level by getting married on...

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California poppies in orange bloom covering the fields and hills
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NEEF Conservation Grant Supports Biodiversity in the California Floristic Province
NEEF and Toyota funded $220,000 for biodiversity conservation in California's Floristic Province. Four projects, from grassland health to aspen restoration
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Visually Impaired Students Gain Access to Nature Through Sound
Visually Impaired Students Gain Access to Nature Through Sound thanks to the Driving Mobility and Accessibility on Public Lands Grant supported by Toyota
Young student looking at water sample during environmental education activity
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2021-2022 NPS-21st CCLC Greening STEM Grants
This grant is now closed. For award announcement and grantee deadlines, please see Timeline below. The National Park Service (NPS) is collaborating with the US
Dad and son planting at San Diego River Mouth
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2020 DoD Legacy Park Rx Day Award Recipients
The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF), with funding support from the Department of Defense (DoD) Legacy Resource Management Program, has
Mississippi River Park Connection volunteers
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Islands in the Stream: How One Minnesota Nonprofit Brought People Together to Restore a Mississippi River Habitat
The Mississippi Park Connection recently completed a massive conservation project to reforest a beneficial barrier island within the Upper Mississippi River.
Crowd at a pier at Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan
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Reaching the Beach at Sleeping Bear Dunes
With assistance from a NEEF grant, Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes conducted accessibility assessments on four beaches and 20 miles of trails throughout the
Landscape photo of the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River valley in Washington State
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A Seattle-based nonprofit has conserved public lands for three decades. This year, Congress finally took notice.
Seattle in 1990 was a much different place than it is now. Grunge music had yet to go mainstream, Starbucks was still a local gourmet coffee chain, and Amazon
Volunteers with the Mountain Studies Institute at a stewardship event
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Local nonprofit helps Colorado community heal from wildfire devastation through environmental stewardship
It was like something out of an old John Ford Western: on the morning of June 1, 2018, a coal-fired locomotive slowly chugged its way through the picturesque
Student showing a science project about air quality during wildfires
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Local Wildfire Helps Teach Students About Science and Ecology
Teens in Durango, Colorado, discuss hydrophobic soil with the ease that they discuss reality TV or Minecraft thanks to teachers who used a major wildfire to
Philadelphia Watershed by Bike Program, photo courtesy of Greater Philadelphia YMCA
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The YMCA Keeps the Learning Rolling in Summer
Though the summer slide sounds like an exciting new piece of equipment at the local park, it really describes the decline in students' achievement scores over
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