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Seattle REI | Inspirational Outdoor Role Models Around the World | Presented by NatureBridge Educator Miho Aida

Posted Date : Mar 9, 2010

Olympic Park Institute

Who inspires you to love the outdoors and protect our natural resources? Supported by NatureBridge, environmental educator Miho Aida set out on an eight-month journey around the world to broaden her awareness and answer this question. Join Miho to view breathtaking slides and hear powerful stories of the women outdoor role models she met along the way. Learn about NatureBridge and Olympic Park Institute's programs connecting youth to the natural world right here in Seattle's back yard.

For more information about attending this event visit the REI events page.

Family Fun Magazine | An Olympic Vacation

Posted by Margaret Stultz

Posted Date : Feb 17, 2010

Family Programs

My wife, Deb, and I like to boast that our sons, Joey, age 11, and John, 12, have visited nearly every national park west of Mississippi. Yet for all of our trips from our home in Spokane, we had to admit that our family had yet to explore Olympic National Park, on the far edge of our own state.

Last summer, we decided to change that. In early spring, we began planning a road trip through Olympic National Park. Read the full story on familyfun.go.com >>

Learn more about Family Adventure Weekends at Olympic Park Institute.

KCTS9 | National Parks Panel Discussion: Engaging Youth to the Parks

Posted by Margaret Stultz

Posted Date : Jan 25, 2010

Chip Jenkins and Karen Baldore of the National Park Service talks about the importance and challenges of engaging youth to the Parks.The National Parks panel discussion was held at the REI flagship store in Seattle on Oct. 1, 2009

Watch just after two minutes for a great mention of Olympic Park Institute!

NBC Nightly News | U.S. razing dams to restore waterways

Posted by Olympic Park In...

Posted Date : Nov 16, 2009

The upcomming removal of two dams along the Elwha River in Olympic National Park was featured on NBC Nightly News.

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	For Teachers » Find pre-trip and post-trip environmental education lesson plans, packing lists, forms, and more.
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Partner Spotlight: Olympic National Park

Olympic Park Institute and Olympic National Park have worked together for more than 20 years to strengthen the role education plays in our national parks. We are honored to be their premier residential environmental education partner.