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November, 2011
• Hawaii: Rock quarrying on property above Larsen’s Beach on Kauai.
• California: NAC is 15 for 15 in defense of mere nudity in State Park units.
• Texas: Pole tax I.
• Missouri: Pole tax II.
• Tennessee: Memphis drama seems too familiar.
• FCC v Fox et al.: Why did ACLJ submit an off-topic amicus brief?
• The Naturist Society: Modest membership fee hike coming.
• Online: Resources for Naturists.
• North America: 2011 Schedule of Naturist Gatherings, Festivals and Events.

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October, 2011  SPECIAL ISSUE: NAC’s 2012 US State Legislative Outlook
• Vermont: Irene trashes The Ledges.
• Alaska: Chilling law is declared unconstitutional.
• Texas: NAC helps dad facing loss of kids because he’s a naturist.
• Minnesota: NAC suggests message to jury, man who was merely nude
                   on his own property is found not guilty of indecent exposure..
• NAC’s 2012 US State Legislative Outlook
• California: Bay Area Naturist conduct annual Bonny Doon cleanup.
• NAC and NEF salute Bill Schroer.

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September, 2011
• California: Gaviota meeting shows that changes are statewide.
• Mark Storey: Some ideas are too obvious.
• New York: Coney Island stunt leaves ’em laughing.
• Florida: Renaming Playalinda?.
• California: San Francisco Supervisor proposes butt towel law.
• Weather: Irene leaves a mark.
• NAC and NEF: Pasco fills remaining board position

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August, 2011
• British Columbia: Preserving Wreck Beach.
• Kath Rooney: Please Give to NAC.
• TNS: A naturist bibliography
• California: Ticketing continues, expands.
• BLM: CA Desert District.
• Iowa: Dallas County, Raccoon River.
• TNS: Youth Camp Success.
• Hawaii: Larsen’s Beach: new twists.
• NAC and NEF: Election results
• California: Beach Stewardship at Gaviota.

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July, 2011
• Commentary: World Naked Bike Ride.
• Wisconsin: Madison “Deviant” Ordinance.
• Oregon: Victory in Oregon!
• North America: 2011 Schedule of Naturist Gatherings, Festivals and Events.
• Hawaii: NAC Update: Kauai - Larsen’s Beach.
• California: NAC Update: California Parks.
 

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June, 2011
• Hawaii: Naturist Activism on Kauai’s North Shore.
• California: NAC Meets Again with California Parks and Rec.
• North America: 2011 Schedule of Naturist Gatherings, Festivals and Events.
• Commerce: PayPal insists naturists “repudiate” the inclusion of
                   families with children.
• NAC Election: Four Seek Seats on Boards of NAC and NEF.
 

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May, 2011
• California: NAC to Naturists: ‘We’ve got your back!.’
• Florida: Florida Young Naturists.
• North America: 2011 Schedule of Naturist Gatherings, Festivals and Events.
• Washington: Artist Henry Yuen will speak at college.
• Mississippi: Gulf Islands National Seashore. What’s the law on Ship Island?
• New York: Fire Island National Seashore. Lighthouse Beach.
• Oregon: NAC hires a legislative lobbyist.

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October, 2010
• Art and Nudity: Unclad on the West Coast. UNCLAD: The Fine Art of the Figure
                         A special gallery evening open to naked viewers.
• Colorado, Virginia, California: Nude in Your Home or Yard?
                         Erick Williamson in Virginia was arrested after being
                         spotted nude in his kitchen. Catharine Pierce was
                         threatened with eviction after gardening topfree outside
                         her Boulder, Colorado, home.

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August, 2010
• California: Naturists Petition California Parks Department to Designate
                 Clothing-optional Areas. NAC moves forward. CA Parks Dept
                 officials already have the authority to designate and are
                 encouraged to use it. Many CA groups, organizations, clubs
                 join NAC in signing the petition.

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July, 2010
• Alaska: New Alaska naturist group. Up against short summers, fickle weather, mosquitos and territorial bears and moose, naturists find a way.
• Oregon: NAC and NEF assist in radio pilot. When the producer of a local radio program needed a voice for naturism, she turned to the Naturist Action Committee and the Naturist Education Foundation.
• TNS: Eastern Naturist Gathering - Camp Westmont style. The Eastern Gathering was celebrated at a new venue in 2010. Naked go-carting, anyone?
• 2010 Schedule of Naturist Gatherings, Festivals and Events.
 

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June, 2010
• Washington: Nude Beach vs. Urban Development. Access to Point Wells
  may become easier, but planned development will likely displace
  clothing-optional use.
• Switzerland: Naked Swiss Hiker Wins Appeal. If someone freely chooses to
  become offended, the “offending” action is not a matter of criminal sanction.
• Pennsylvania: Teen cellphone photos ... another chapter. A former student
  sues over a confiscated phone and the adult authorities who have been poring
  over the pictures of her on it. The importance to naturists.
• 2010 Schedule of Naturist Gatherings, Festivals and Events.
 

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May, 2010
• Manitoba: Beaconia Beach Hangs in the Balance - by Judy Williams.
  Activists in Manitoba fight to save a traditional clothing-optional
  beach from a naked land grab.
• Maine: Topfree in Maine. Bare female breasts are legal in the state. Are high  
  profile public topfree walks creating greater acceptance?
• The "proper" setting for TNS events. Before you show up, a great deal of
  thoughtful consideration is put into choosing a venue.
 

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April, 2010
• World Naked Gardening Day 2010.
• Nudity? There’s an app for that, isn’t there? Apple says “no.”
• Pennsylvania: 3-judge panel of U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rebuffs prosecutor in case involving teens and pix on phones.
 

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March, 2010
• In-depth coverage of a Seattle activist who found himself charged with nudity by the outgoing city attorney - while the incoming city attorney dismissed the case "in the interest of justice." Learn the role played by NAC in the dismissal.
 

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February, 2010
• Contributing to the Naturist Legacy
• Florida: Officials Deem Youth Camp Photos Okay 
• N Trends: Cupid’s Arrow Points to Artful Nudes
                 Ban on Nude Showering?
 

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January, 2010
• Mexico: Nude Beach Proposal
• Utah: Diamond Fork Hot Springs
 

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December, 2009
• NEF California Poll 2009
• Florida: Beach Update
• Trends: Nude and Natural with Oprah

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November, 2009
• NAC and NEF‘s 2009 Annual Meeting
• Oregon: Bagby Hot Springs 
• Skinny-dippers Enter Guinness World Records
• The Newsletter Returns
• Trends: Clothes-Free Hiking in Germany

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