Nebraskans May Benefit from Recently Passed No Child Left Inside Act

Bumpus · 09-23-2008, 07:01 PM

NGPC news release, 9/23/08:

LINCOLN, Neb. -- The No Child Left Inside Act (NCLIA) (H.R. 3036) recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives may help provide much needed funding for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commissions Hunter/Angler Recruitment, Development and Retention Plan (RDR) and other efforts aimed at influencing youth in the importance of nature and helping them develop an interest in outdoor activities.

“We want to get more kids interested in the outdoors,” says Commission Assistant Administrator Kirk Nelson. “We are working to develop programs that will help get kids off the couch, away from in front of the television set and video games, and introduce them to animals, plants and outdoor activities. In addition to learning about nature, the environment and ecosystems, we want them to become involved in outdoor activities. From a health standpoint, it has been shown that kids that are active outdoors are healthier than those who aren't.”

NCLIA would extend the National Environmental Education Act through fiscal 2009, funding it at $14 million. It would also use separate funds to establish a national capacity environmental education grant program, which would allow the secretary of Education to award competitive grants to state and local education agencies and to nonprofits for environmental education programs. A companion bill in the Senate, S, 1981, was introduced in July, 2007, but no action has been taken.

The Commission's RDR Plan is a 20-year effort to ensure the proper place of the state's outdoor heritage. The plan is designed to implement education, marketing, access and research strategies that will ultimately help the Commission recruit youth, new and relapsed adult hunters and anglers, while retaining current participants. It will also support of hunting and fishing by all Nebraskans.

GenericAngler · 09-23-2008, 09:17 PM

Get rid of the TV set and move out of the city. Problem solved.

**Catfishsteve** · 09-23-2008, 09:21 PM

<-------- has no TV

I don't miss it except for football games.

GenericAngler · 09-23-2008, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfishsteve

<-------- has no TV

I don't miss it except for football games.

I like to boast that I was the product of parents who worshiped the outdoors, and refused to own a TV....Until I remember that my grandparents lived next door and I never missed Monday Night Baseball or Monday Night Football.

**holdemplyer** · 09-24-2008, 10:52 AM

give my girls a choice between tv and headed to WW for some slimers..... slimers have won every time.

09-23-2008, 07:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bumpus Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Next to the furnace/AC floor register. Posts: 331 Thanks: 0 Thanked 21 Times in 9 Posts	Nebraskans May Benefit from Recently Passed No Child Left Inside Act NGPC news release, 9/23/08: LINCOLN, Neb. -- The No Child Left Inside Act (NCLIA) (H.R. 3036) recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives may help provide much needed funding for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commissions Hunter/Angler Recruitment, Development and Retention Plan (RDR) and other efforts aimed at influencing youth in the importance of nature and helping them develop an interest in outdoor activities. “We want to get more kids interested in the outdoors,” says Commission Assistant Administrator Kirk Nelson. “We are working to develop programs that will help get kids off the couch, away from in front of the television set and video games, and introduce them to animals, plants and outdoor activities. In addition to learning about nature, the environment and ecosystems, we want them to become involved in outdoor activities. From a health standpoint, it has been shown that kids that are active outdoors are healthier than those who aren't.” NCLIA would extend the National Environmental Education Act through fiscal 2009, funding it at $14 million. It would also use separate funds to establish a national capacity environmental education grant program, which would allow the secretary of Education to award competitive grants to state and local education agencies and to nonprofits for environmental education programs. A companion bill in the Senate, S, 1981, was introduced in July, 2007, but no action has been taken. The Commission's RDR Plan is a 20-year effort to ensure the proper place of the state's outdoor heritage. The plan is designed to implement education, marketing, access and research strategies that will ultimately help the Commission recruit youth, new and relapsed adult hunters and anglers, while retaining current participants. It will also support of hunting and fishing by all Nebraskans. __________________ "Next to a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read." --Groucho

09-23-2008, 09:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
GenericAngler Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: the Weeping Water Posts: 1,330 Thanks: 15 Thanked 9 Times in 5 Posts	Get rid of the TV set and move out of the city. Problem solved. __________________ And the vision was of open water. And the date was the 22nd of Feb., in the year of 2009.

09-24-2008, 10:52 AM	#5 (permalink)
holdemplyer Director Join Date: May 2007 Location: hunting for Kenzies MA gill!!! Certified Youth Fishing Instructor NEFGA Line Recycling Volunteer Posts: 2,400 Thanks: 103 Thanked 137 Times in 79 Posts	give my girls a choice between tv and headed to WW for some slimers..... slimers have won every time. __________________ And one of the Disciples of the Float Tube said, Feb. 22nd, 2009, there shall be open water. So it was said, so it shall be.

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09-23-2008, 09:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
Catfishsteve Director Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Plattsmouth, NE Posts: 6,841 Thanks: 21 Thanked 113 Times in 35 Posts	<-------- has no TV I don't miss it except for football games.