EDA Competitive Recreation Funding Hub
In 2021, ORR worked to ensure funding for outdoor recreation as part of the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) American Rescue Plan funding. This effort was rewarded when EDA announced $750 million in funding for Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation projects, helping grow the recreation economy nationwide. $510 million of this funding was distributed in the…Read More
LWCF Coalition and Outdoor Recreation Roundtable Laud DOI’s $279M for Parks, Outdoor Access
The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Coalition and Outdoor Recreation Roundtable today lauded the announcement made by United States Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, for $279 million distributed from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to all 50 states, U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia for state-identified outdoor recreation and conservation…Read More
Presidential and Senate Proclamations Kick Off Great Outdoors Month®
June 2022 celebration will focus on growing diversity, equity, and inclusion through Together Outdoors Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) – along with federal, state, private, and nonprofit partners across the country – is celebrating June as Great Outdoors Month®, a national celebration of outdoor recreation on America’s treasured lands and waters. Great Outdoors Month®, which began…Read More
ORR showcases LWCF eligible projects that would make immediate, positive impacts in communities
Today, Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) released results from its annual industry-wide Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) collection survey to highlight key projects eligible for the $900 million in mandatory annual funding thanks to the passage of the Great American Outdoors Act. In late 2021, ORR put out a call for critical outdoor recreation-related project…Read More
Outdoor recreation industry showcases power of Americans getting outside in new video touting recreation’s economic and health benefits
Applauds Senate committee approval of first-ever recreation package that will improve outdoor access, experiences On the same day the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed the first-ever recreation package, Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) and its members released an energizing video highlighting myriad outdoor recreation activities, the $689 billion outdoor recreation economy, and the over 4.3 million jobs it…Read More