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Article: Discovering your national parks: use web resources to plan real and virtual trips. .(Column)
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- District Administration
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- June 1, 2002
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I always valued taking part in outdoor education, conservation and camping programs with school groups. But no outdoor experiences compared to those special educational opportunities in summers and school vacations that involved traveling to national parks, including Acadia National Park in Maine, Algonquin Provincial Park in Canada, Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, and the Sequoia National Forest in California. Each one truly defined grandeur in unique ways, offering unparalleled aesthetic natural environments. I continue to be amazed by the foresight of legislators who long ago set aside those tracts for future generations. And from an educational perspective, ...