U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Celebrates National Fishing and Boating Week and Great Outdoors Month

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Celebrates National Fishing and Boating Week and Great Outdoors Month
On June 4, 2012, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service will celebrate the start of the National Fishing and Boating Week and Great Outdoors Month with the 23rd Annual D. C. National Fishing and Boating Week Youth Fishing Event. On this day, urban school children will drop their lines in the Constitution Gardens pond for a day of fishing and natural resource education presentations. The Service leads the event in coordination with the National Park Service, and other Department of Interior bureaus, the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation, Catch a Special Thrill Foundation and numerous other local, state and federal agencies and nonprofit organizations.

The youth participating in this event are from areas where opportunities to fish are limited. This angling event highlights the Service
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