There are tons of spots to get outside in Groton. According to the town, about 30% of the town’s land is permanently preserved.

But not everyone was accessing it the way some passionate about the outdoors would have liked.

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“It would surprise me every year, how many kids would raise their hand and say, ‘I’ve never been in a forest, I’ve never hiked a trail,'” Ben Moon, Director of STEM and Magnet Programs K-5 with the Groton Public School District, said.

A group has been on a mission to change that.

As of July 1, it is now the right of kids in Groton to have that access after the Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights was adopted by the town.

There are 10 in total:

Ride a bike

Climb a tree

Grow a garden or plant a f

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