APHA Adopts New Nature, Health and Wellness Policy Statement

November 8, 2013 www.neefusa.org New Policy Statement on Nature, Health and Wellness is adopted by the American Public Health Association The American Public Health Association adopted a new policy statement this week on Nature, Health and Wellness. In order to aid in promoting healthy and active lifestyles, the new policy statement encourages land use decisions that prioritize access to natural areas and green spaces for residents of all ages, abilities and income levels; calls on public health, medical and other health professionals to raise awareness among patients and the public at-large about the health benefits of spending time in nature and of nature-based play and recreation; urges such professionals to form partnerships with relevant stakeholders, such as parks departments, school districts and nature centers; and calls for promoting natural landscaping.The new policy statement was developed by the American Public Health Association Environment Section’s Nature and Health Committee, co-chaired by the National Environmental Education Foundation’s Senior Director of Health & Environment, Leyla Erk McCurdy, and was adopted by the APHA Governing Council on November 5. To learn more about NEEF’s efforts toward promoting nature, health and wellness, please visit http://www.neefusa.org/health/children_nature.htm.This brief description of the policy statement is not comprehensive and does not include every point, statement or conclusion presented in the policy statement. The full policy statement will be available at policy. NEEF is the nation’s leading organization in lifelong environmental learning, connecting people to knowledge they use to improve the quality of their lives and the health of the planet. To accomplish this, NEEF provides knowledge to trusted professionals and other leaders who, with their credibility, amplify messages to national audiences to solve every day environmental problems. NEEF sees a future where by 2022, 300 million Americans actively use environmental knowledge to ensure the well-being of the earth and its people.Learn more at neefusa.org – or follow us on Facebook & Twitter @neefusa. Our Program The goal of the Health & Environment Program is to advance environmental knowledge among health professionals to improve the public’s health with a special emphasis on children and underserved populations. Through a variety of initiatives, we facilitate the integration of environmental health into health care provider education and practice. Contact Us Jane ChangProgram Manager202-261-6475 jchang

Grand Canyon Re-Seeding Project Results

Grand Canyon National Park implemented the Granite Camp Pilot Stewardship
Project during the summer of 2012 with uncertainty about the potential for
success and how the greater river community would perceive and become
involved in the project. Granite Camp is located on river left at 93.9 Mile
at the top of Granite Rapid.

During the first year, over 100 volunteers on NPS, commercial and
self-guided river and backpacking trips removed tamarisk trees, planted
native plants and/or spent an hour watering the plants in the blazing hot
sun. Once again, the river community has demonstrated its incredible passion
for the canyon. Grand Canyon National Park thanks everyone who participated
in the project and contributed to its success; it would not have been
possible without the support of the entire community. Over 20 self-guided
river trips stopped and watered the site this summer!

With the help of numerous volunteers, the park planted a total of 662 native
plants in the camp this year (123 trees, 244 shrubs, and 295 grasses). There
were some challenges- the fluctuating water levels washed away some of the
grasses, sedges and coyote willow and only half of the Goodding’s willow and
cottonwood pole plantings survived.

According Grand Canyon National Park plant biologist Melissa McMaster, this
is a pilot project, and the park has learned many lessons and had some great
successes! McMaster noted “We had very high survival for all of the other
native plant species: the datura are poised to take over the site and the
mesquite grew almost an inch a week during the summer. The Goodding’s willow
and cottonwoods that were planted near the river camp that did not survive
the summer will be replaced in November 2013 with the goal of continuing to
create shade and habitat on the upper end of the camp.”

Biologists plan to keep watering for one more year to get the plants fully
established, and they need to track the number of times the site gets
watered so they can use the data to develop plans for future restoration
projects. This year, there will be an ammo can on site (next to the sign)
and when river runners water, they can just write their names down in the
notebook; no more trying to remember to send an email after a trip.

This past summer it took about an hour for a full river trip to water the
entire site and the park anticipates about the same, maybe a little less,
this coming year. “It is a great way to engage and inspire your trip!” says
McMaster.

If you are interested in watering on your trip, email
melissa_mcmaster and she will provide you with instructions, a map
and gratitude. You may also reach her by phone at 928-638-7465.

McMaster would like to thank all who participated in the project this year
and she looks forward to working with even more self-guided river runners in
the future!

Publishing Scam for Journals

It appears that some (all?) people whose abstracts were accepted for the LRS are receiving the email shown below. Please note that this is a phishing operation; ultimately they attempt to charge you per page for publication. Here is a link to a warning that another conference put out about this journal: http://www.mededworld.org/AMEE-News/AMEE-Articles/Attention-AMEE-2012-Participants.aspx

Here is the email that LRS presenters are receiving.

This is a scam:

This is Modern Education Review (ISSN 2155-7993), a professional

journal published worldwide by Academic Star Publishing Company, New

York , NY, USA.

We have learned your paper . . .at the 36th annual Leisure Research Symposium

(LRS) . research interests, please send the electronic ve If you have

the idea of making our journal a vehicle for your rsion of your paper

to us through email attachment in MS word format. All your original

and unpublished papers are welcome.

Hope to keep in touch by email and publish some papers or books from

you and your friends in USA. As an American academic publishing group,

we wish to become your friends if necessary. We also want to invite

some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members.

If you are interested in our journal, you can send your CV to us.

You can find our sample issue in the attachment. Expect to get your reply soon.

Best regards,

Amy

Volunteers needed for the CAEE Beverage Station at the South Platte River Fest

CAEE will be staffing a beverage station at the South Platte River Fest on Saturday June

22-Sunday, June 23. We are looking for CAEE members to volunteer to help distribute beverages and tell people about CAEE! This is a great opportunity to attend the River Fest and support CAEE (all nonprofits working beverage stations will have the opportunity to earn a donation for their non-profit!)

Please email director@caee.org if you are interested in volunteering with CAEE! Please include name, desired shift, and if you are TIPS trained (not a requirement). All volunteers must be 21 or over and sign up for at least one shift below.

Saturday, June 22

9:45-12:30

12:30-4:00

4:00-7:30

7:30-10:30

Sunday, June 23

9:45-12:00

12:00-3:00

3:00-6:00

6:00-8:30

If you want to sign up as a volunteer email director@caee.org!

Thank you for supporting CAEE!