Fourth-graders may now be able to call the shots on the next family vacation. They're the ones being given a free pass for an entire year to visit national parks and other federal lands that charge fees.
The deal
Every Kid in a Park was announced by the White House and went into effect Tuesday. The idea, of course, is to get more youngsters and their families onto the millions of acres of federal parkland across the country.
Here's how it works: Children play an online interactive "game" in which they're asked to imagine what park they would visit with their pass.