WYOMING —– The U.S Department of Agriculture, along with the U.S Forest Service announced it will expand its Every Kid Outdoors program to offer fourth- and fifth-grade students and family members fee-free access to more than 2,000 sites on national forests and grasslands for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year. New vouchers were made available Nov. 12 and are valid until Aug. 31, 2021.
With the voucher, students and their families can visit numerous regional attractions. The decision was based on encouraging more families to visit public lands and experience the mental and physical benefits of the great outdoors.
“The opportunity to see, explore and experience public lands is one that every child should have. The Every Kid Outdoors pass for fourth graders will hopefully result in more kids exploring the unique wonders of our public lands,” said Chad Hudson, Acting Bridger-Teton Forest Supervisor
Every Kid Outdoors is a federal public lands partnership created to inspire fourth-grade students and their families across America to recreate, explore cultures, discover connections to nature and spark a lifelong passion for America’s great outdoors.
The program focuses on children ages 9–11 who, research shows, are beginning to understand the world around them, and are uniquely receptive to engaging with nature and the environment. By opening the program to fifth-graders, year after year, children have a greater opportunity to experience the outdoors.
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