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Focuses on the efforts of Jim Paz, manager of the Sabal Palm Audubon Center and Sanctuary in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, to teach children about nature and their futures. Description of the sanctuary; Factors helpful to Paz's work; Career background of Paz. INSET: Volunteer Army, by Patricia Sharpe.

Discusses the importance of environmental education of students in the U.S. Establishment of nature study movement; Efforts to improve children's interest in nature; Economic values of nature study; Environmental problems in the U.S.; Expansion of education departments of conservation groups.

Highlights the effort of Audubon's education office in Southern California to introduce nature to school children in Los Angeles, California. Plan to enrol children in the Audubon Adventures educational program; Aim to enrol teachers in workshops using the program materials and building environmental education skills.