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Author Anne Wall promotes benefits of nature immersion in new book
We already know it’s good for us. But going outside may be more than instinctive. There’s a reason we feel so good when we’re moving our bodies in the waters and hills outside, and breathing in the fresh air. And a Summit resident and multi-sport amateur athlete has self-published a book to help explain it. Anne Wall, who worked for the Olympics and Paralympics, was like so many of us 2½ years ago: When the pandemic shut things down in the spring of 2020, she went outside. And felt better for it. “I knew I felt good, I knew I felt energized. I didn’t understand the cascade of neuro chemicals that were being…
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Teen summer camp offers outdoor rec, nature learning | News, Sports, Jobs
News File Photo A marshmallow browns on a stick at a Hoeft State Park campsite in this October 2021 News archive photo. PRESQUE ISLE — Local teens can spend a week of their summer immersed in nature and science at the 4-H Great Lakes and Natural Resources Camp at Camp Chickagami in Presque Isle. At the July 31 to Aug. 6 camp, 13- to 15-year-olds, or those entering eighth through tenth grade in the fall, will receive hands-on lessons from natural resources experts in fields such as Great Lakes coastal and fisheries management, wildlife, forestry, geology, and environmental education. The camp, sponsored by Michigan State…
