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Getting Kids Outside, To RAP

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A comedian once remarked that the federal agency responsible for nearly everything outdoors is the Department of the Interior. 

Jokes aside, the agency is working to get more people--especially young ones--out of doors. 

The Bureau of Land Management's "Take It Outside!" program includes the RAP camps for 8th graders this summer. 

We hear what camp is all about, and who gets to go.  

 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.