The Let's Get Healthy Nature Prescription Initiative is an innovative outreach program that encourages children and families to go outside, helps fight obesity, and promotes health in Southern Nevada. This program is a collaboration of local federal land managers, educators and medical professionals.
Free time in nature can enrich children's lives by making them healthier and happier while inspiring a lifelong appreciation for the outdoors. Spending time in nature can help children get more exercise, reduce stress, improve concentration, make children more attentive in school, and help in healthy mental and physical development.
Health professionals have begun "prescribing" nature and referring families to local parks and nature centers as well as the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, Red Rock Canyon NCA, Lake Mead NRA, and Mt. Charleston / Spring Mountains NRA.
To learn more about parks and trails near your home visit www.gethealthyclarkcounty.org and www.outsidelasvegas.org
To learn more about fun activities for your children visit www.nvoutdoorkids.org
The following partners support this health initiative: Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, Outside Las Vegas Foundation, Southern Nevada Health District, Clark County School District, the Children's Heart Center, Clinics in Schools, Southwest Medical Associates, City of Henderson Parks and Recreation, Las Vegas Springs Preserve, and the Clark County Parks and Recreation.
