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January 2010 - Austin-Lehman Adventures Invites Adventure Travel Enthusiasts to Help Preserve-A-Park

Jan 20 2010
By Rebecca Werner

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:   Rebecca Werner 312.440.3075           Dan Austin, 800-575-1540
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AUSTIN-LEHMAN ADVENTURES INVITES ADVENTURE TRAVEL ENTHUSIASTS TO HELP “PRESERVE A PARK”

Award-Winning Tour Co Launches Annual Park Conservation Program with 2010 Spotlight on Glacier National Park; Exceptional Trips Yield Education, Funds for Conservation

Billings, Montana (January 2010) ---- Austin-Lehman Adventures (ALA), a leader in active vacations in the Americas, Europe and Africa, has selected Glacier National Park and the Glacier National Park Fund, as the beneficiary of its first annual “Preserve a Park” program for 2010, the year of the Park’s celebrated 100th anniversary.

“Preserve a Park” is the platform for ALA’s newly established conservation and educational initiative, an ongoing program that will be aligned with a different national park each year. The company will provide financial contributions to an organization that best supports that designated park, while featuring an educational experience for guests who book one of the tour company’s “Preserve a Park” trips.

This year, ALA will donate $100 per guest from each of their Glacier Park vacations, to the Glacier National Park Fund (www.glacierfund.org), a 501 (c)(3)organization that supports the ongoing and future preservation of Glacier National Park’s natural beauty and cultural heritage by fostering public awareness and encouraging private philanthropy   For 2010, ALA offers three, six-day / five-night trips to Glacier during its Centennial year as a national park: August 1-6, August 8-13, and August 15-20; price per person is $2498.

Collaborating with the Glacier National Park Fund and local experts on such topics as glacier activity, history and wildlife, the ALA Glacier National Park Centennial trips will feature an educational element woven throughout the week, including an afternoon or evening with the experts from Glacier National Park Fund to enrich the trip experience. In 1850, Glacier National Park had 150 glaciers spread over its acreage and today only 26 survive. Guests will learn from active travelers and local experts, intimately familiar with the Park’s challenges and rewards and can offer special insights.

A UNESCO World Heritage site and, coupled with Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada, the worlds’ first Peace Park, Glacier National Park is an adventurer’s paradise known to Native Americans as the “Backbone of the World”. It preserves over one million acres of glacier-carved terrain that encompasses old growth forest, alpine lakes, rugged mountains and sweeping meadows of wildflowers. Travelers bike, hike and raft through the Park’s less traveled trails and most famous routes, including the celebrated Going-to-the-Sun Road (one of North America’s most scenic roads and an 11-year building feat), and savor an up-close look at the Park’s wildlife, natural wonders and awe-inspiring yet threatened glaciers.

According to Dan Austin, co-founder of Austin-Lehman Adventures, “Our national park programs have been our most popular, and they also represent opportunities to express our support for safeguarding our great parks. We chose Glacier National Park to acknowledge its Centennial and we are delighted to name the Glacier National Park Fund as the recipient of our donation.”

For further information on Austin-Lehman Adventures’ “Preserve a Park” program, or to book the Glacier National Park trip, contact Austin-Lehman Adventures at 1-800-575-1540 or visit www.austinlehman.com

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