Together Outdoors Provides Grants to Community Organizations and Hosts Webinar on Equitable & Impactful Grant-Making in Outdoor Recreation

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Washington, D.C. – Oct 30, 2024 – Together Outdoors, a program of Outdoor Recreation Roundtable, announced two new recipients of its award-winning Inclusive Micro-Grant Program – Color my Outdoors and Rising Routes – and hosted a webinar with industry leaders and philanthropists discussing best practices around equitable and impactful grant-making in outdoor recreation. These efforts were…

Confluence of States Welcomes Minnesota and North Dakota

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MISSOULA, MONTANA – Outdoor recreation leaders from Minnesota and North Dakota committed to advance the principles contained in the Outdoor Recreation Industry Confluence Accords, on behalf of their governors, at a signing on October 16, 2024, at the 2024 Outdoor Media Summit. With the addition of the Minnesota Outdoor Recreation Industry Partnership, authorized by Governor…

ORR Hosts First-Ever National Leadership Forum on Rural Development through Outdoor Recreation in Pittsburgh

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Pittsburgh, PA – The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR), in collaboration with the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship, and the Pennsylvania Office of Outdoor Recreation, hosted its inaugural National Leadership Forum on Rural Development through Outdoor Recreation. The event brought together 70 national leaders in economic development, outdoor recreation, and conservation…

ORR Welcomes New Cross-Agency Report Supporting Economic Development through Outdoor Recreation

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Washington, D.C. – The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) welcomes the release of a new report from the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce providing recommendations for regional economic development through outdoor recreation. The report is an outcome of President Biden’s executive order in April 2022 that directed the Secretaries of Agriculture, Interior, and Commerce…

Outdoor Recreation Industry Convenes Briefing to Address Impacts of U.S. Trade Policy on $1.1 Trillion Sector

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Washington, D.C. – Today, Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) hosted a critical virtual briefing (recording available here), gathering industry leaders to discuss the impacts of U.S. trade policy on the $1.1 trillion outdoor recreation economy. This event comes as trade uncertainties pose increasing challenges to one of the most vital sectors of the American economy, which…

Maryland Department of Natural Resources Office of Outdoor Recreation & Outdoor Recreation Roundtable Launch the First Maryland Outdoor Equity Grant Fund

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Office of Outdoor Recreation are proud to announce a groundbreaking partnership to establish the first Maryland Outdoor Equity Grant Fund and the program’s pilot round of grants. This initiative marks a significant step towards fostering inclusivity and expanding access…

ORR Celebrates 60 Years of the Land and Water Conservation Fund

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Washington, D.C. — Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) President Jessica Wahl Turner issued the following statement celebrating the 60th anniversary of one of the country’s most successful conservation and recreation programs: “When legislation to create the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) was signed into law 60 years ago, it was unimaginable the extent to which this program would…