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N R PA I n A c t i o n

In B r i e f

Moving Outdoors in Nature Act

T

he Outdoors A lliance
for K ids (OA K ) announced
that Congressman Ron Kind (D-
WI) introduced the Moving Outdoors in
Nature Act (MONA) in the U.S. House of
Representatives in November. The bill
supports federal, state and local strategies that connect children with the natural world. Thanks to the leadership of
Congressman Kind, MONA will help get
America's kids healthy and active by connecting children, youth, and families with
nature through natural play areas, outdoor
recreation programs, public health initiatives, outdoor learning environments,

service learning, and other initiatives. 
The legislation will achieve these
goals by directing the President to develop a federal strategy to connect
children, youth, and families with the
outdoors; encouraging states to develop similar state-based strategies that
incorporate public health, parks and
recreation, transportation, and other initiatives at the local level; and supporting
research documenting the health, conservation, and other benefits of active
time spent outdoors in the natural world.
OAK is a national strategic partnership of organizations with a common
interest in expanding opportunities for
children, youth, and families to connect with the outdoors. OAK currently
includes the YMCA of the USA, REI, Sierra Club, National Wildlife Federation,
Izaak Walton League of America, The
Outdoor Foundation, National Recreation
and Park Association, and the Children
& Nature Network.

New Editor of Therapeutic
Recreation Journal

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NRPA and Sagamore Publishing LLC are
pleased to announce Marcia Jean Carter,
Re.D., as the newly-appointed editor of
the Therapeutic Recreation Journal (TRJ).
NRPA and Sagamore Publishing would
like to thank Terry Long and Terry Robertson for their many years of dedication
as co-editors of TRJ and to welcome Marcia Jean Carter as the new editor. Carter

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received her Re.D. in recreation, adapted physical education from Indiana University; her M.S. in recreation, adapted
physical education from Indiana State
University; and her B.A. in health, physical education, recreation, secondary
education from Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana. Carter has been a dedicated professional in the field for many
years and is an excellent choice to lead
TRJ into the future.

New RV Park and Campground
Management School
Public park employees now have greater opportunities for specialized education in campground management than
ever before. NRPA has partnered with
the National Association of RV Parks and
Campgrounds (ARVC) and the National
Training Center for Public Facility Managers at Oglebay to offer government
employees and the public park and
recreation community the School of RV
Park & Campground Management. This
two-year professional development program is designed to equip individuals
with the tools they need to develop and
manage successful RV parks and campgrounds.  The first two-year program
under the new partnership will launch at
the Oglebay Resort & Conference Center in Wheeling, West Virginia, February
22-27, 2011. 
The School of RV Park & Campground
Management has been offered annually
since its inception in 1994 and is the premier education and training opportunity
in the management of recreational vehicle parks and campgrounds.  The school
offers educational sessions in a wide variety of topics, including finance and administration, marketing and promotion,
and customer service and recreation
management. For more information, see
http://campgroundschool.org/. 
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