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Description automatically generated" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Having
had a relatively mild winter as we head into spring, I have spent more time outdoors recently. Right before the new year, I read about the
</span><a href="https://www.1000hoursoutside.com/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1000 Hours Outside Challenge</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. The idea is to combat time spent on electronic
devices with time spent enjoying nature. In “</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=156808096&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1000
Hours Outside : Invest in Your Wellness</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">”</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> in
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&jid=BJFO&site=ehost-live"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Runner</span></i></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
from </span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-f6h"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MaterFILE Complete</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
Shannon Kell describes the benefits she noticed when her family invested in their wellbeing through time spent outdoors. Reading this article made me consider how outdoor activities need to be both equitable and accessible for all to enjoy. Using the
</span><a href="https://mel.org/welcome"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Michigan eLibrary</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> (MeL), I discovered ways people are breaking down stereotypes and
making the outdoors more accessible for all people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Redefining Stereotypes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ambreen Tariq and Mirna Valerio both know that they are considered unusual in their outdoor passions. Tariq is the author of
<i>Fatima’s Great Outdoors</i> (</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=148265941&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">review</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
from </span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&jid=PWK&site=ehost-live"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Publishers
Weekly</span></i></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">). As a Muslim American who immigrated to the United States as a child, Tariq uses Instagram to document her love of the outdoors and America’s beautiful public lands. Articles
about her adventures, “</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=125340694&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nature
Fix</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">”</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> from
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&jid=NPR&site=ehost-live"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">National
Parks</span></i></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> and “</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=120634773&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tents,
Trails, and Tranquility</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">”</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> in
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&jid=8B97&site=ehost-live"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Islamic
Horizons</span></i></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> are included in
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-f6h"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MasterFILE Complete</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
Valerio, a trail runner, ultra athlete, cyclist, and Black person, shares how she has moved beyond expectations based on her body size and ethnicity in “</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=148641971&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Shattering
Stereotypes One Mile at a Time</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">”</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> from
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&jid=MAUD&site=ehost-live"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Trail
Run Magazine</span></i></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> and how to define being outdoors for oneself in “</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=154749424&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Learning
to Live to the Fullest</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">” from
</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&jid=PKR&site=ehost-live"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Parks
& Recreation</span></i></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">.
</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Accessibility for All<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Michigan has been working to make its recreational activities more accessible. For example, “</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=134921388&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Riverside
Park Lands $150K DNR Grant</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">” in the
</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&jid=GRJ&site=ehost-live"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Grand
Rapids Business Journal</span></i></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> from
</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-f6h"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MasterFILE Complete</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">
tells about a park installing an accessible canoe and kayak launch. In addition to water sports,
</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-c9h"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Consumer Health Complete</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">
provides ideas for “</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=c9h&AN=118734074&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Adaptive
Outdoor Adventure Sports</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">” from
</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=c9h&jid=GYS&site=ehost-live"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">New
Mobility</span></i></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has also acquired
</span></span><a href="https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/about/accessibility/track-chairs"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">track chairs</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">
to make state trails and beaches more accessible. “</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=c9h&AN=161142547&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ian’s
Ride on the Great American Rail-Trail</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">” from
</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=c9h&jid=GYS&site=ehost-live"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">New
Mobility</span></i></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> and “</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=c9h&AN=131651440&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Connecting
With Nature</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">” from
</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=c9h&jid=PGA&site=ehost-live"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PN</span></i></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">
describes ways that wheelchair users can fully enjoy trails and outdoor activities throughout the country.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Even if you don’t commit to 1000 hours outdoors this year,
</span></span><a href="https://mel.org/welcome"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MeL</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> can help
you discover ways to enjoy nature and be inclusive to all members of your community.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#333333;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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for help.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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