Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge as photographed by Melissa Hahn wwwsharetheexperienceorg

Valentine’s Day: For the Love of the Earth

Feb. 12, 2016
The U.S. Department of the Interior created a video showcasing couples who committed to one another while celebrating their love of planet Earth.

As Valentine’s Day nears and we all prepare to celebrate with our loved ones (cats included), the U.S. Department of the Interior created a video showcasing couples who committed to one another while celebrating their love of planet Earth. 

“America’s public lands are wonderful places to love and be in love,” the department wrote.

The video shows images of coupled getting engaged and married in the country’s national parks, wildlife refuges and scenic wildernesses. 

The Department of the Interior oversees 500 million acres of land in mostly in the western states and 1.7 billion acres on the Outer Continental Shelf.

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Ginger Christ Blog | Associate Editor

Ginger Christ is an associate editor for EHS Today, a Penton publication.

She has covered business news for the past seven years, working at daily and weekly newspapers and magazines in Ohio, including the Dayton Business Journal and Crain’s Cleveland Business.

Most recently, she covered transportation and leadership for IndustryWeek, a sister publication to EHS Today.

She holds a bachelor of arts in English and in Film Studies from the University of Pittsburgh.

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