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Former Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr., left, encouraged President Donald Trump to oppose the long-standing law banning nonprofits from participating in politics. | Steve Helber/AP Photo
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Covid-19 pandemic drives many people into nature: Study
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Park visitors enjoy the outdoors near Burlington, Vt., on Oct. 14, 2020. (Photo credit: Andy Duback/ University of Vermont)
(CN) Are you one of the many Americans who took to the great outdoors this year to escape the monotony of coronavirus lockdowns? You’re not alone: one in four Vermont park visitors during the early months of the pandemic hardly or never spent time in nature in 2019, a new study finds.
“During the pandemic, many people visited urban forests or local natural areas for the first time in many months or even years,” Brendan Fisher, an environmental scientist at the University of Vermont and a senior author on the paper, said in a statement. “Access to urban natural areas may be delivering mental health benefits during a time when they are most needed.”
Students experience nature in the University of Vermont s Birding to Change the World class.
A new study finds that 26% of people visiting parks during early months of the COVID-19. view more
Credit: Andy Duback/University of Vermont
What does it take to get some people to go outside and experience nature? For some urban dwellers, it took the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say.
The new study finds that 26% of people visiting parks during early months of the COVID-19 pandemic had rarely - or never - visited nature in the previous year.
The study, by researchers at the University of Vermont (UVM), is one of the first to explore how COVID-19 has changed Americans relationship with nature. The research is published today by