Free Book Introduces Kids To Fishing

The US Department of the Interior, the National Park Service and the US Fish and Wildlife Service have collaborated to produce a free book designed to encourage children to try fishing.

The Let’s Go Fishing!Junior Ranger activity booklet, can be downloaded from the National Parks Service website at w.nps.gov/subjects/fishing/. Apart from introducing kids and their families to fishing and encourage healthy and responsible outdoor recreation, the Junior Ranger booklet “is a great tool to inspire future anglers to get out on the waters and enjoy the American pastime of fishing,” said US Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke. “Fishing in the rivers and lakes of Montana as a kid instilled in me a lifelong love of the sport.”

In the coming weeks, kids can pick up a print version of the booklet at more than 500 national parks, national wildlife refuges, and national fish hatcheries that offer fishing. Upon completion of the booklet, kids will be sworn in as Junior Ranger Anglers and receive a National Park Service or US Fish and Wildlife Service junior ranger badge.

Visit fws.gov/refuges/kids/jrrangers for a list of the national wildlife refuges and national fish hatcheries participating in the program.