"In the end we will conserve only what we love....We will love only what we understand....and we will understand only what we are taught", Baba Dioum, African Ecologist, 1968
“We shouldn’t think about youth’s experiences in nature as an extracurricular activity, but as a vital element for healthy development”, author Richard Louv, The Last Child in the Woods
“ JrAHA is about getting our youth outdoors not for just an event, but to begin a lifetime of outdoor experiences and to foster the stewardship of our natural resources”, founder Ed Gerhardt