(WENY) -- Governor Kathy Hochul wants New York’s young people to swap scrolling for time outdoors.

She announced the “Get Offline, Get Outside Challenge” at the state’s annual Fall Festival in Cheektowaga. The program, run through the Department of Environmental Conservation, asks kids ages 12 to 18 to complete 50 outdoor activities before they turn 19.

The goal is to give teens a break from social media while encouraging healthier habits. Hochul said, “I want our young people to have fun learning and growing, not clicking and scrolling.”

The list of activities includes things like:

Walk, run or roll a mile

Learn to cast a fishing rod

Set up a tent

Identify an animal by their tracks

Grow something from a seed

Have a picnic outside with family or friends

Try a new hiking trail o

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