{"id":19419,"date":"2012-09-28T11:53:09","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T18:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=19419"},"modified":"2012-09-28T11:53:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T18:53:09","slug":"youth-and-the-outdoors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=19419","title":{"rendered":"youth and the outdoors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Earlier this week I did something a bit different and attended the inaugural \u201cOutdoor Summit for Youth\u201d BLM conference with a couple other CLM interns. \u00a0There were lots of BLM staff and representatives from other governmental agencies and non-profits in attendance.\u00a0 The conference was put on by the BLM in California with a goal of finding ways to improve young people\u2019s access to and connection with the outdoors.\u00a0 The BLM wants to better educate, engage, and employ youth to inspire interest in natural resources and to cultivate future leaders.\u00a0 I\u2019m very excited to see that the BLM recognizes the challenges they face in reaching younger people, especially in underserved communities.\u00a0 Like most CLM interns, I already have a love for the outdoors and want to work in the environmental field.\u00a0 It\u2019s hard to say which experiences sparked my interest, but I think it\u2019s important that everyone be given the opportunity to go on a hike for a field trip or go camping or help out with a restoration project or really do <em>anything<\/em> that creates some curiosity about the outdoors.\u00a0 I\u2019m already aware of how many incredibly opportunities this internship program has given me to grow and gain new experiences.\u00a0 However, attending this conference made me realize just how lucky I am and how important it is for others to gain access to similar opportunities.\u00a0 I\u2019m curious to see what sorts of ideas the BLM took away from the summit but am also glad to be out of a conference room and back at the PMC.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week I did something a bit different and attended the inaugural \u201cOutdoor Summit for Youth\u201d BLM conference with a couple other CLM interns. \u00a0There were lots of BLM staff and representatives from other governmental agencies and non-profits in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=19419\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1737,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19419"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1737"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19419"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19639,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19419\/revisions\/19639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}