Welcoming Minorities to State Parks
Air date: Week of 05/30/2007
Story length: 4:39
Producer: Deborah Weisberg
A girl fishes along the Allegheny River during the Venture Outdoors Festival. Photo courtesy of Venture Outdoors.
As minority populations grow and public lands shrink, state officials are faced with a problem - how to promote cultural diversity in the great outdoors. In a series of public meetings, Pennsylvania policy makers are beginning to ask how they can engage non-traditional users of parks, forests, and other amenities. Here's Deborah Weisberg with report, the final installment in our series on connecting people to the outdoors.