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Tread Lightly! Unveils New Kids’ Website and Outreach Kit

OGDEN, UT (September 23, 2005) — The nonprofit Tread Lightly!® has just gone live with its interactive kids’ site—www.treadlightlykids.org. The site is part of the organization’s raised efforts to teach outdoor ethics to a growing number of youth recreating with motorized and mechanized vehicles.

The site features Tread Lightly!’s squirrel mascot, Lightfoot™, and several of his animal friends. From the colorful homepage, kids can click on to an outdoor quiz, ATV trail maze, hiking checklist, a story builder and coloring pages with crayons.

Each section also contains helpful tips to be responsible such as—“keep your feet, bikes and ATVs on the trails” and “wash your bike and clothes after every trip so you don’t spread weed seeds.”

“This site rocks!” said 8-year-old Kyle Woolstenhulme from Cedar Hills, Utah. “I am always hiking or riding my bike, so it’s pretty cool to have a website like this. I learned some stuff and had fun coloring, making a funny story and doing the maze.”

Tread Lightly! is also making available a “Youth Outreach Kit” to government agencies, educators, and other organizations to download. The printable kit includes pledge cards, a kids’ principles sheet, a poster, kids’ web banners and coloring book pages.

“If anyone works with children in the outdoors, they must download the Youth Outreach Kit,” said Lori Davis, Tread Lightly!’s executive director. “It contains tools to help adults instill an outdoor ethic in kids in a fun and engaging way.”

The Youth Outreach Kit is located in the “teaching materials” section of the site. Tread Lightly!’s kids’ site can be found at www.treadlightlykids.org.

Tread Lightly!(R) is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower generations to enjoy the outdoors responsibly. Tread Lightly!’s strategic educational message, along with its training and stewardship initiatives are designed to instill an ethic of responsibility in outdoor enthusiasts and the industries that serve them.