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Good News: Americans are Spending More Time Outdoors
Photo: Kennan Harvey for Outdoor Industry AssociationThe US Outdoor Foundation have just released their Outdoor Recreation Participation report and the results, whilst not stupendous, are at least encouraging. Participation in "core" outdoor sports and activities was seen to have increased 3.3% from 97.5 million to 100.7 million Americans ages 6 and above. For example, day hiking remained strong, with 32.6 million participants, though overnight backpacking did exhibit a small drop. However general camping increased almost 2%. The activity with one of the most significant increase was snowshoe...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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