{"id":254166,"date":"2026-04-17T12:51:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/254166\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T12:51:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:51:55","slug":"youth-forest-council-nature-is-always-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/254166\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Forest Council: Nature is Always with Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/608a8f3c7f88468491b766c97be27859\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kylie2.PNG\" width=\"1024\" height=\"345\" alt=\"Kylie2\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/608a8f3c7f88468491b766c97be27859\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Take a journey with Kylie via her StoryMap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nature has always been with me and has been a grounding resource for me. I can rely on it to make me feel better. I look for it everywhere, and that\u2019s why this project has been important to me. I think everyone should have something in their life that they can rely on. Nature is an easy one. Even in concrete jungles, you will find a sprout of grass coming out of the sidewalk cracks.\u00a0~Kylie<\/p>\n<p>Kylie is a recent graduate of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/page\/youth-forest-council\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">City\u2019s Youth Forest Council (YFC)<\/a>. Each YFC member completes a Community Action Project as part of their year-long internship. For her CAP, Kylie wanted to document urban nature throughout her travels as a college student abroad. Taking root in Austin, TX, Kylie&#8217;s love of nature and appreciation for trees has blossomed in various beloved parks and greenspaces as she traveled across the nation and to Spain and France.<\/p>\n<p>Kylie used ArcGIS to map her journey and an ArcGIS StoryMap to walk us through her first-hand accounts of the nature she encounters during her travels. Through the <a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/608a8f3c7f88468491b766c97be27859\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nature is Always with Us StoryMap<\/a> she invites us all to follow along.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kylie2022.PNG\" width=\"670\" height=\"671\" alt=\"Kylie2022\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u200bKylie is currently studying environmental policy at Syracuse University in New York. She aspires to be a shaping force of climate activism in the future. We&#8217;re proud to be her starting point on what we know will be a long, sustainable journey.<\/p>\n<p>Blog post by Amelia DeVivo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/page\/youth-forest-council\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Youth Forest Council Program<\/a> Coordinator,\u00a0Community Tree Preservation Division<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ThinkTrees_Blue_3.png\" width=\"468\" height=\"249\" alt=\"Think Trees Logo\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">This site is sponsored by the City of Austin. Learn more about trees and resources at the Tree Information Center!<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/trees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.austintexas.gov\/trees<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Take a journey with Kylie via her StoryMap. 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