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Boys and Girls Club "Takes it Outside"
Kingman, Ariz. Two dozen youth and leaders from Kingman’s Boys and Girls Club joined Bureau of Land Management and Arizona Game and Fish Department employees for a campout on Wright Creek June 5-6, 2009 as part of the national “Take It Outside” youth program.
“The purpose of the campout was to get kids outdoors and introduce them to public lands and natural resources,” said BLM Kingman Administrative Assistant and event coordinator Laura Lammers. “Several of the kids had never been camping before.”
Lammers added that Boys and Girls Club kids participated in many activities and learned about the Leave No Trace program, camping etiquette, campfire safety, small mammals, bat misting, and others.
“Besides learning how to set up a tent and other basic camping skills, they got to cook out, hear ghost stories around a campfire, and eat smores,” Lammers concluded. “From the enthusiasm shown, there are likely some future wildlife biologists and natural resources managers in the group. It was a great opportunity to learn to respect the outdoors and have fun at the same time.
The BLM manages more land - 253 million acres - than any other Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The Bureau, with a budget of about $1 billion, also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.
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