Andy Price, CEO of the Grand Canyon Council, BSA Putting down your phone and picking up a backpack may help with the mental health crisis many of our youth are facing today. According to the CDC, children and teens now spend an average of eight to nine hours in front of a screen every day, which can cause sensory overload and increase risk of attention deficit disorders, anxiety, and depression. Extended screen time negatively impacts mental health by decreasing the child’s opportunities for social connection and amount of time spent outdoors. Limited experiences in nature disproportionately affect children causing long-term…

This Father’s Day, skip the necktie and give dad a life jacket. Over the past five years, five men have lost their lives at Lake Mead and Lake Mohave on Father’s Day Weekend. In all five of the accidents, none of the men were wearing a life jacket. “When we ask people why they don’t wear a life jacket, we hear the same answers over and over,” said Christie Vanover, park public affairs officer. “This Father’s Day, in an effort to break the pattern of visitor fatalities, we’re busting the myths.” Some of the popular excuses for not wearing a…