Reader areyasun writes us:

Altadena resident Charles Thomas, executive director of Outward Bound Adventures, an environmental, educational youth organization in Pasadena, has been invited to  speak at a White House Conference on America’s Great Outdoors on Fri., April 16.  Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, and Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture are leading the conference, which will address the challenges, opportunities and innovations surrounding modern-day land conservation and the importance of reconnecting Americans and American families to the outdoors.