Video: Obama Trumpets Great Outdoors, Praises White House Squirrels

Video: Obama Trumpets Great Outdoors, Praises White House Squirrels

During an America's Great Outdoors ceremony in the East Room, President Obama noted the irony that an "outdoor" ceremony was being celebrated "indoors" and boasted that the White House, inside an 82 acre National Park, was once found to have "the densest squirrel population known to science".

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Of The Outdoors: Migration Nearing For Snow Geese

It may seem hard to believe, but it won’t be long before temperatures finally start to warm up. After the below zero temps we’ve seen in the last couple of weeks, anything above 20 degrees will be seen as a blessing.

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US 'Great Outdoors' program touted in NYC

The Associated Press The Associated Press NEW YORK Federal officials are using an urban backdrop to discuss an initiative called "America's Great Outdoors."' Mayor Michael Bloomberg will be joined in Manhattan's Central Park on Thursday afternoon by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis. The goals include improving access to outdoor recreation and ...

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