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appalling facts from the blm (bureau of land management)..
- Unstructured outdoor activity is down by half from the previous generation.
- Children in the USA average just 30 minutes a week of unregulated time outdoors; however, their weekly electronic media exposure is almost 45 hours a week.
- Visits to National Parks have been decreasing since 1987.
- The amount of outdoor, environmental education programs offered in our local schools has been decreasing in the last 10 years.
- The average American child can recognize 1,000 corporate logos but can’t identify 10 plants or animals native to his or her own region.
- 71% of adults walked or biked to school when they were children and only 22% of kids do today.
- Approximately 16% of US children aged 6-19 are overweight or obese. Childhood obesity has doubled over the past 30 years for preschoolers and adolescents and more than tripled for children aged 6-11.
