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Meet Robbie Bond, the 9-year-old public lands activist

Aug 21, 2017

Issue: Land Protection
Subject: National Monuments

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In this episode of Go West, Young Podcast, we watch the solar eclipse with a group of kids, then talk to 9-year-old public lands activist Robbie Bond of Kids Speak for Parks about his visits to several of the national monuments being threatened by President Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. You can keep up Robbie’s travels on Facebook.

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Host/producer: Aaron Weiss
Music: Purple Planet

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