JOE was selected as an advisory panel member of the National Forum on Children and Nature. The Forum will identify nationally significant environmental demonstration projects and environmental stewardship models.
"Over the past few decades, children have become increasingly separated from nature, with disastrous consequences for their physical, mental and spiritual health. With its unique natural resource base, JOE is ideally positioned to help reconnect children with nature, and we are proud to be working with them. Through our partnership, we will help ensure that future generations are prepared to be good stewards of our natural world when they inherit the magnificent land legacy that we are conserving today."
– Larry Selzer, President and CEO,
The Conservation Fund