OAK in the News

• • 12/1/2020: NRPA Blog/Podcast – How Every Kid Outdoors is Increasing Access to Parks
  • 10/28/2020: E&E News – Bernhardt expands kids’ park pass program
  • 10/28/2020: US House of Representatives – Following Stefanik Advocacy, Department of Interior Waives Entrance Fee to National Parks for 5th Grade Students
  • 10/22/2020 – The Ripon Advance – Stefanik leads bipartisan call for one-year extension of Every Kid Outdoors pass
  • 10/21/2020 – News10 ABC – Congressmembers requesting extension of “Every Kid Outdoors” program
  • 10/20/2020 – US House of Representatives – Stefanik Leads Letter Requesting Extension of the Every Kid Outdoors Program
  • 10/5/2020: American Heart Association Blog – Every Kid Outdoors
  • 9/28/2020: SIERRA Magazine Blog – How to Connect Young Students to Nature During the Pandemic
  • 9/25/2020: E&ENews – Senators up pressure on Bernhardt to extend kids’ park program
  • 9/18/2020: National Geographic – How will America’s state parks survive 2020?
  • 9/15/2020: E&ENews – Bernhardt weighing extension for kids in parks program
  • 7/22/2020: America Walks Webinar – The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
  • 4/23/2020: Parks & Recreation Magazine – Advocating in Challenging Times
  • 3/9/2020 – Wiki.Ezvid – 5 Organizations Encouraging Kids to Spend Time Outdoors 
  • 6/27/2019 – KPAX –10-year-old Kalispell girl wins national essay competition
  • 5/22/2019 – Daily Inter Lake – Edgerton Student is National Scholastic Essay Winner
  • 5/14/2019 – YubaNet.com – Harris Reintroduces Legislation to Expand Access to Parks in Cities
  • 3/12/2019 – Martin Heinrich Press Statement – Heinrich, Alexander Every Kid Outdoors Act Signed Into Law
  • 2/27/2019 – EcoWatch – Biggest Public Lands Bill in 10+ Years Clears Congress, Protecting More Than 1.3 Million Acres of Wilderness
  • 2/26/2019 – National Parks Traveler – House Passes Public Lands Package, Sends Measure to President for Signature
  • 2/26/2019 – REI – Public Lands Legislation is One Step Closer to Becoming Law
  • 2/26/2019 – Sierra Club – Victory for Public Lands
  • 2/15/2019 – Sierra Sun Times – Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization Passes the U.S. Senate, Sierra Club Reports
  • 2/13/2019 – The Wilderness Society – “Every Kid Outdoors” set for 7-year extension
  • 1/29/2019 – National League of Cities – How Detroit Created a Green Oasis in the Middle of Motor City
  • 10/2/2018 – Senator Martin Heinrich – Heinrich Advances Bipartisan Every Kid Outdoors Act
  • 9/28/2018 – Sierra Magazine – The Most Important Conservation Law You’ve Never Heard of Is Set to Expire
  • 9/13/2018 – Maui Now – Rep. Gabbard Passes Bipartisan Bill to Increase Access to Public Lands
  • 6/15/2018 – Seattle Times – After fears of discontinuation, national outdoor education program Every Kid in a Park will be renewed
  • 6/8/2018 – Pacific Standard – STORIES YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS WEEK – INTERIOR SECRETARY RYAN ZINKE WILL NOT END THE EVERY KID IN A PARK PROGRAM
  • 6/8/2018 – E&E News Reports, GreenWire – Zinke gives new life to Every Kid in a Park program
  • 6/8/2018 – Sierra Magazine – Good News for Fourth Graders: They Can Keep Their Park Passes, For Now
  • 6/5/2018 – EcoWatch – The Fight Is On to Save Program Giving Millions of Fourth-Graders Free Access to National Parks
  • 5/31/2018 – SNEWS – Sierra Club Outdoors, OAK braces for the demise of Every Kid in a Park program
  • 5/31/2018 – The Wilderness Society – Trump and Zinke slam door on kids’ park program
  • 5/31/2018 – National Parks Traveler – Fears Grow That Interior Secretary Zinke Will End Every Kid A Park Program
  • 5/17/2018 – Colorado Politics – Tipton bill would let kids visit national parks free
  • 4/8/2018 – The Daily Orange – Syracuse’s proposed parks and rec fee increase could ice out low-income residents
  • 4/7/2018 – Travel & Leisure – Plan to More Than Double National Park Entrance Fees Halted by Public Backlash
  • 4/5/2018 – The New York Times – National Park Service Reconsiders Steep Fee Increase After Backlash
  • 4/5/2018 – Independent Recorder – National Park Support Reconsiders Steep Fee Improve Following Backlash
  • 4/5/2018 – Sierra Magazine – Interior Department Backs Off Jacking Up Park Entrance Fees
  • 4/4/2018 – E&E News: Zinke retreats from plan to raise peak entry fees to $70
  • 4/3/2018 – Yellowstone Insider: Interior Drops Plans for Peak Season Fee Increases
  • 4/3/2018 – Adventure Journal: Zinke and NPS Back Away From Plan to Hike Entry Fees at National Parks
  • 4/3/2018 – SNEWS: Public protest: Interior Department backs off of massive park fee hikes
  • 4/3/2018 – The Guardian – National parks to rethink plan to hike entrance fees after widespread anger
  • 4/3/2018 – Sierra Sun Times – Sierra Club Says Reports Indicate Zinke To Back Down on Raising Yosemite and Other National Parks Fees
  • 4/2/2018 – Washington Post – Americans tell Interior to take a hike over proposed national park fee increase
  • 3/21/2018 – Virginia Times Dispatch – Raising national park fees hurts parks and people
  • 3/14/2018 – Western Journal: Zinke: We’re Letting Too Many People Into National Parks for Free
  • 3/14/2018 – AORE – Partner Newsletter article: “Secretary Zinke: Withdraw Proposal to Raise Fees in Parks”
  • 3/7/2018 – Alternet: Trump Might Make You Pay $70 to See the Grand Canyon
  • 2/6/2018 – National Recreation and Park Association Magazine – The Negative Impact of Higher Entrance Fees at National Parks
  • 1/8/2018 – Blue Sky – Americans Agree: Our Parks Should Stay Open to All
  • 1/2/2018 – The Hill – More investment needed in national parks, not entrance fee increases
  • 12/27/2017 – York Dispatch – EDITORIAL: Our natural treasures
  • 12/22/2017 – Salt Lake Tribune – Proposed $70 national park fee would hurt rural businesses, Utah governor tells Interior Department
  • 12/22/2017 – KUER – Critics Pan Higher Fees For National Parks
  • 12/22/2017 – E&E – Critics of fee hikes scramble to find alternatives
  • 12/22/2017 – HuffPost – Secretary Zinke: Time to Withdraw Proposal to Raise Fees in Parks
  • 12/21/2017 – SNews – National park visits could drop by 64 percent
  • 12/21/2017 – National Parks Traveler – Poll Says Higher Park Fees Will Hurt Attendance, Study Says Gateway Communities Would Suffer
  • 12/21/2017 – St. George Spectrum – Poll: Price hike at Zion, Bryce Canyon, other national parks would chase away visitors 
  • 12/21/2017 – Sierra Sun Times – Bipartisan Poll Suggests Public Less Likely to Visit Yosemite and other National Parks With Higher Entry Fees
  • 12/21/2017 – The Washington Post – The Energy 202: The GOP tax plan is a windfall for oil and gas industry
  • 12/20/2017 – The Hill – Poll: National park fee hikes likely to reduce visits
  • 12/19/2017 – Seattle Times – Our national parks belong to us all — say no to entrance-fee hikes
  • 12/18/2017 – Washington Trails Association – Fee-Free Days at National Parks Drops to Four
  • 12/13/2017 – KVOA Tuscon News – N4T Investigators: Fees at national parks could jump
  • 11/23/2017 – The Hill: Let’s be thankful for our national parks — before they’re too expensive to visit
  • 11/22/2017 – EcoWatch – You Now Have More Time to Protest National Park Fee Hikes
  • 11/21/2017 – Politico Morning Energy – FIGHTING PARK FEE INCREASES
  • 11/7/2017 – Recordnet.com – Fitzgerald: An elitist plan for Yosemite
  • 10/31/2017 – Washington Post – Making national parks more expensive will only make them whiter
  • 10/26/2017 – Washington Post – The Park Service’s proposal to double entry fees could fix its maintenance problem 161 years from now
  • 10/26/2017 – Sierra Magazine – Our National Parks Might Become a Gated Community
  • 7/13/2017 – The Hill – New Legislation Tells Fourth Graders to Take a Hike
  • 7/12/2017 – The Denver Channel – Every Kid Outdoors Act: Bipartisan bill wants to get 4th graders into national parks for free
  • 7/12/2017 – KRWG Public Media (NPR) – Heinrich Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Provide Fourth Graders Free Access to National Parks
  • 2/1/2017 – Outdoorsy Mama – North Face Global Athletes and Partners Connect Kids with the Outdoors in “Every Kid in a Park” Event
  • 2/1/2017 – Outdoorsy Mama – North Face Global Athletes and Partners Connect Kids with the Outdoors in “Every Kid in a Park” Event
  • 4/21/2016 – The White House – FACT SHEET: On Every Kid in a Park Day of Action, White House Announces Commitments to Getting Nearly Half a Million Kids Outside
  • 4/19/2013 – DoDLive – Celebration of the Military Child Outdoors