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Ashland is part of the new Every Kid In A Park program Comment By Mark Freeman Mail Tribune Follow @@MTwriterFreeman MailTribune.com By Mark Freeman Mail Tribune Follow @@MTwriterFreeman Posted Feb. 15, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Mark Freeman Mail Tribune Follow @@MTwriterFreeman Posted Feb. 15, 2016 at 12:01 AM » Social News Twenty local fourth-graders will get four hours of fun in the snow, and learn a thing or two about it, during a special event Sunday on Mount Ashland that federal land managers and others are using to launch a new initiative aimed at getting more kids outdoors. The Every Kid In A Park Pass, which allows free entry for fourth-graders and their families to more than 2,000 federal lands with entry fees, will also be the ticket into the four-hour introduction to all that is snow. Participants in Sunday's event will be fitted with snowshoes while they learn basic snow safety, winter ecology, how to measure snow and how important snow is to the area's watersheds, says Chamise Kramer, spokeswoman for the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. The forest is joined by the federal Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service and a host of other local businesses and organizations to put together the program at the Mount Ashland Ski Area, Kramer says. While the pass is good nationwide, the only local holdings where it applies are Crater Lake National Park and Oregon Caves National Monument near Cave Junction, Kramer says. That prompted local federal employees to consider events like the Mt. Ashland event, Kramer says. "We wanted to make something special for local kids who can't go to Crater Lake to use the pass," Kramer says. Each fourth-grader can be accompanied by one adult, and kids must bring their pass to gain entry, Kramer says. The first 20 kids to register will bring their pass and one adult to the event. To register, call Kramer at 541-618-2051 or Molly Allen at 541-618-2468. Registration closes Thursday. Sunday's field is limited to 20 kids because that is how many pairs of snowshoes the Jackson County Search and Rescue program has loaned the group, Kramer says. Launched in December, the Every Kid In A Park program provides free entry passes for fourth-grade students and their families at national parks, monuments and other federal lands that have day-use fees. It is built around the National Park Service's 100th anniversary Aug. 25, and the passes are good through Aug. 31 The passes cover entry fees for the child and everyone inside a vehicle, up to three adults. Federal officials who set up the program focused on fourth-graders because studies show it is a good time in their development "to introduce them to the outdoors as a living classroom," Kramer says. To get the pass, interested youths can go to www.everykidinapark.gov , complete a short fill-in-the-blank "diary" entry about a trip they want to take to a national park, and get the pass at the end. Participants will meet at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, in the parking lot of Callahan's Lodge off Interstate 5 for a shuttle to the event, which begins at 10 a.m. Other partners in the event include Jackson County SAR, Ski Hopper Tours, REI in Medford, and the ski area. The passes can also be obtained by local fourth-graders at the Forest Service/Bureau of Land Management booth at the 2016 Sportsman’s Show at the Expo, scheduled for Friday-Sunday, Feb. 26-28, according to a press release from the forest service. Reach Mail Tribune reporter Mark Freeman at 541-776-4470 or [email protected] . Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MTwriterFreeman . 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