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Outdoor Recreation Roundtable Announces Leadership Transition

WASHINGTON, D.C. – SEPTEMBER 29, 2026 – Outdoor Recreation Roundtable today announced that Jessica Turner will be concluding her tenure as President on November 6 to lead as President and CEO of Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. The Board of Directors has named Whitney Potter Schwartz, ORR’s current Senior Vice President, as Interim President beginning November 9.…

Outdoor Recreation Roundtable Launches “America’s Outdoor Era”

A Cross-Sector Effort Positions the Outdoors as a Scalable, Upstream Economic Solution for Public Health WASHINGTON, D.C. [April 20, 2026] – Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) today launched America’s Outdoor Era, a bold national vision to reposition outdoor recreation as a cornerstone of U.S. health infrastructure. The initiative will align national policy, private investments, and healthcare…

Entire Outdoor Recreation Industry Celebrates the Monumental Passage of the EXPLORE Act

First-Ever Outdoor Recreation Package will Supercharge the $1.2 Trillion Outdoor Recreation Economy and Support all Americans   WASHINGTON, D.C. — Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) celebrates the U.S. Senate’s historic passage of the Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences (EXPLORE) Act, a groundbreaking bipartisan achievement that cements the outdoor recreation industry as a cornerstone of America’s…