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Green Visions: from a walk in the park to an epic adventure: nature is good for you

Lisa Johnson

Whether you've got the time/inclination/skill for a remote camping trip that requires packing everything in via a day-long hike ... or you just want to meander around a local park for an hour, more and more science is in agreement: nature is good for what ails you.

Additional Guidance for Campers

The BWCAW has been allowing overnight camping since May 18. Permits and resources for planning trips are available online. The Department of Natural Resources began a phased reopening of Minnesota state campgrounds on June 1 (some feature hike-in and paddle-in sites). Dispersed and backcountry camping is an option at Minnesota state forests and in the Superior National Forest

The State of Minnesota has issued some guidance for the public on safe outdoor recreation practices during COVID-19 (see page 5-8). Campers are asked to buy permits online, maintain social distance, and limit in-person interactions by purchasing needed supplies close to home. Wearing a mask when stopping for gas and supplies is recommended. Campers should be prepared with hygiene products like soap and hand sanitizer to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Lisa Johnson started her broadcast career anchoring the television news at her high school and spinning country music at KWWK/KOLM Radio in Rochester, Minnesota. She was a reporter and news anchor at KTHI in Fargo, ND (not to mention the host of a children's program called "Lisa's Lane") and a radio reporter and anchor in Moorhead, Bismarck, Wahpeton and Fergus Falls.Since 1991, she has hosted Northland Morning on KUMD. One of the best parts of her job includes "paying it forward" by mentoring upcoming journalists and broadcasters on the student news team that helps produce Northland Morning. She also loves introducing the different people she meets in her job to one another, helping to forge new "community connections" and partnerships.Lisa has amassed a book collection weighing over two tons, and she enjoys reading, photography, volunteering with Animal Allies Humane Society and fantasizing about farmland. She goes to bed at 8pm, long before her daughter, two cats, or three dogs.
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