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YubaNet | Yosemite NP announces signing of a record of decision for the Yosemite environmental education center

April 5, 2010 - National Park Service Acting Pacific West Regional Director George Turnbull signed the Record of Decision today for the Yosemite Environmental Education Center Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS).

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KALW News | The push to leave no child inside

Reporter Elena Botkin-Levy traveled from the classrooms of Oakland to the mountains of Yosemite to file this report on the proposed amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act known as No Child Left Inside.

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National Geographic Photo Camp Features Olympic Park Institute

In August 2009, Photo Camp headed to Olympic National Park in Washington state in partnership with Olympic Park Institute. Working under the guidance of photographer Melissa Farlow, Photo Camp participants from West Seattle High School picked up cameras and took a new look at the ecosystems around them.

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Olympic Park Institute sponsors National Geographic LIVE Series at Benaroya Hall

Olympic Park Institute is fortunate to partner with National Geographic LIVE to present Paul Nicklen's "Polar Obsession" at the Seattle Speaker Series April 19th and 20th at Benaroya Hall.  This is an oustanding event for any budding naturalists in your family and will be inspiring for anyone who loves photography.  There are still tickets left but expect this presention to be sold out if you wait too long.  

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