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Protect our greatest resource—the
Earth.
Become a steward of the land
for America’s Backyard.
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Ready? Set? Go Wild and Take Action!
I’m Kevin Richardson of the Backstreet Boys. Besides music, my passion is the environment, and preserving it.
As Americans, we have been given an amazing gift of more than 600 million acres of public land to enjoy and explore. Some public lands may be across the nation from you, but others are right in your backyard.
National Geographic and I are asking everyone who reads this page (this means you!) to take action by completing a conservation activity to protect America’s public lands! These activities can take as little as five minutes of your time…but their impact on the land can last a lifetime.
Once you complete your activity, we want the world to know about your efforts! Just fill out a simple Tell Us! Form, and your name and action will be featured on the Geography Action! America’s Backyard Web site.
 What does Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson have to say about Geography Action?
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Here’s how:
Here are some ideas!
- Clean up litter in your school, neighborhood, or community.
- Erase graffiti from your school, neighborhood, or community.
- Start a recycling program or encourage others to participate in an existing recycling program.
- Teach someone about the importance of public lands.
- Create a bumper sticker about a local public property.
- Conduct an historical interview about your neighborhood’s public lands, then share it with others.
- Get to know your plants and animals!
- Plant a tree or garden…then take care of it.
- Make leaf art.
- Create a pond ecosystem.
- Be an activist for your public lands.
- Adopt a public land.
- Help prevent vandalism.
- More ideas…
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Be sure to Tell Us! what you did to Take Action! by filling out the
Tell Us! Form. Even if you’ve done just a little for the land—you’ve done a lot! Please take a moment to Tell Us! your story!
Photographs at the top of the page (from left to right): from Reed Kaestner/CORBIS; by Sarah Leen; by Jodi Cobb
Photographs (from left to right): from Reed Kaestner/CORBIS; from CORBIS; from
Robert Maass/CORBIS
Image of Kevin Richardson: courtesy of Just Within Reach, an Earth Foundation
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