Welcome to Take it Outside!

Take it Outside is an initiative led by Governor John E. Baldacci to encourage Maine's children and families to reconnect with nature. Take it Outside! is your one-stop shopping information source for year-round outdoor recreation opportunities in Maine. Here you will find everything you need to Take it Outside! and have fun in the great Maine outdoors.

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Fund Seeks to Reconnect Children with Nature by Ed Morin, MPBN (10/02/2008) The Governor's Conference on Youth and the Natural World brought together both young people and adults to look at such issues as how to help schools connect with nature and building healthy communities. Keynoting the conference was Larry Selzer, President and CEO of The Conservation Fund, an organization which has been at the forefront of a national movement to reconnect children with nature.

The Governor’s Conference on Youth and the Natural World held Oct. 2, 2008 at the Augusta Civic Center Speech by keynoter Larry Selzer, president and CEO, The Conservation Fund(pdf) Did you catch this? Maine Audubon Society's take on Larry Selzer's comments Children & Nature Network's coverage of Acadia National Park Supt. Sheridan Steele and "No Child Left Inside" "Take It Outside" by Doug Rafferty WGME 13 (10/01/2008)

Congratulations to the Vetter family the grand prize winning family in the Take It Outside First Time Campers Program. The family will receive a full set of camping equipment compliments of L.L. Bean.

Special thanks to all the families for making the program a huge success.