June is Great Outdoors Month, a month-long celebration of the outdoors encouraging everyone to embrace the outdoor spirit of America and head outside into the natural world. We celebrate our nation's vast array of waters, parks, wildlife refuges, forests, monuments, bird and marine sanctuaries, national conservation lands, and other natural physical treasures.
https://www.nps.gov/articles/great-outdoors-month.htm
https://nationaltoday.com/great-outdoors-month/
Help us spread the enjoyment of nature photography and explain how images are used to advance the cause of conservation for the protection of plants, wildlife, and landscapes in our communities.
Looking forward to seeing and hearing-from you all:
1. Everyone's nature photos and the stories behind them, and
2. How everyone is doing their part to encourage and advance conservation.
And don't forget these June dates:
June 5-World Environment Day (let's beat plastic pollution!!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Environment_Day
https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/
June 8-World Oceans Day (the tides they are a-changin'!!)
https://worldoceanday.org/
https://unworldoceansday.org/un-world-oceans-day-2023/
And ALL of June is also PRIDE MONTH!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_Month
https://nationaltoday.com/pride-month/
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Elliot Richman, PhD
Baltimore, Maryland
richmanelliot@gmail.com
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