Outdoor Recreation Industries Praise Senate Passage of Natural Resources Management Act

Public Lands Package will help grow recreation economy for years to come The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) – the nation’s leading coalition of outdoor recreation trade associations – strongly supports the recent passage of the Natural Resources Management Act (S.47) in the U.S. Senate. This bipartisan legislation takes great strides in protecting our public lands and…

Meet Key Congressional Leaders in Outdoor Recreation – January 2019

Congressional leadership is key to ensuring Americans have continued access to high-quality experiences on federally-managed lands and waters – nearly one-third of our nation’s surface. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee are responsible for statutes and overseeing policies that govern federal lands and waters managed by agencies including…

Outdoor Recreation Roundtable Proposes Steps to Insulate America’s Great Outdoors From Future Shutdowns

The federal shutdown has impacted federal workers, businesses and nonprofits, communities, and countless American families.  And this much is clear: the shutdown caused serious problems for outdoor recreation.  Now that a short-term deal has been reached, federally managed public lands and waters will return to normal operations.  But the recreation industry urges Congress and the…

ORR Calls for End to Shutdown, Proposes Steps to Insulate America’s Great Outdoors from Future Shutdowns

Policy Statement on Federal Recreation Sites and Programs During Federal Shutdowns The federal shutdown is impacting federal workers, businesses and nonprofits, communities, and countless American families.  This much is clear: the shutdown poses serious problems for outdoor recreation.  The outdoor recreation community calls on Congress and the Administration to end the lapse in funding which has…

Recreation Leaders Meet with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, Highlight Recreation Opportunities for 2019 and Beyond

Recreation took center stage at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on January 8 as Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) leaders and recreation company CEOs met with Secretary Sonny Perdue, Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment Jim Hubbard and other key officials.  The group noted the importance of national forests to many recreational activities,…

Congress Recognizes Outdoor Recreation in Farm Bill

Outdoor recreation received a significant boost in the Farm Bill, which passed the United States Senate December 11, the U.S. House of Representatives December 12 and was signed by the President December 20. Opening the door for outdoor recreation projects and programs in rural communities to access the rural economic development grants, new language in…

Agents of Discovery and Outdoor Recreation Roundtable Honor Partners, Celebrate D.C. Explorer Campaign

Agents of Discovery and the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable – along with participating sites and partners – celebrated the D.C. Explorer Campaign with a reception at ORR’s offices December 11.  The campaign ran June 7 – November 1, 2018, and involved nine locations across D.C., Maryland and Virginia.  Public and private partners from the federal, state and local…

George H. W. Bush – A Champion of America’s Great Outdoors

During recent ceremonies at the U.S. Capitol, the Washington Cathedral and in Houston George H.W. Bush was honored for his leadership, his patriotism and his remarkable circle of friends.  His love of boating and fishing and the great outdoors was referenced multiple times – including talk of his boat, Fidelity, a not-too-traditional fishing boat –…