The nation’s leading coalition of outdoor recreation trade associations and businesses representing the $1.2T rec economy and over 110,000 American businesses.
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ORR has undergone tremendous growth and expansion under Jessica’s leadership by uniting the entire recreation economy to securing landmark federal legislation and creating strong relationships that will continue to support the growth and success of the outdoor recreation economy.
ORR today announced that Jessica Turner will be concluding her tenure as President 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.
200 businesses and organizations representing the $1.3 trillion outdoor recreation economy are highlighting the importance of reauthorizing the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund! recreationroundtable.org/new…
The playbook includes:
- preparedness checklists,
- disaster recovery timelines,
- first-72-hour action guides,
- communications templates,
- contact tree resources, and so much more.
This new tool, "When Disaster Strikes: A State Playbook for Outdoor Recreation Resilience," was developed in partnership with the Confluence of States and with generous support from The VF Foundation. recreationroundtable.org/wp-…
NEW RESOURCE: As natural disasters become more frequent, we wanted to build a toolkit to help state recreation leaders withstand impacts, increase community and infrastructure resilience, and build back better afterwards.
ORR thanks Senators @SteveDaines, @SenatorHeinrich @SenMikeLee, and @SenAngusKing for their leadership to advance this critical bill forward.
Yesterday's committee markup and passage of legislation to reauthorize and strengthen the Legacy Restoration Fund is an important milestone toward securing long-term investments in our national parks, public lands, and outdoor recreation infrastructure.
GREAT news for treasured recreation destinations across America: Yesterday, the U.S. Senate ENR Committee voted unanimously to move $10 billion forward for our public lands and waters through the America the Beautiful Act. @lisamurkowski with the great remarks.
We are pleased to announce a new round of grants dedicated to improving public health through outdoor recreation in Rural America.
Read more at the link below to apply!
recreationroundtable.org/new…
The bipartisan hashtag#GAOA250 is part of how we make this vision real — reauthorizing the Legacy Restoration Fund to ensure our public lands and waters are equipped to meet this moment for the next 250 years.
As Secretary Burgum said, "America’s public lands can be the largest outdoor wellness center in the world."
Secretary Kennedy used the roundtable and the backdrop of Great Outdoors Month to launch GetActive.gov, a nationwide effort to improve America's health by confronting the root causes of chronic disease, and encouraging the importance of time outside.
Senior Vice President Whitney Potter Schwartz joined Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F Kennedy Jr. to discuss the opportunity to activate America's public lands and waters as health infrastructure for all Americans.
Last week, ORR helped convene two Cabinet Secretaries in the same room to align health and public lands policy around outdoor recreation.
Having two Cabinet Secretaries in the same room to align health and public lands policy around outdoor recreation is a historic moment. ORR was proud to be there.
America’s public lands can be the largest outdoor wellness center in the world.
Glad to be with @SecKennedy in Colorado today to meet with recreation leaders to help more Americans get outside, get active and get healthy.
BREAKING: Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds just announced the creation of the Iowa Office of Outdoor Recreation, the 25th state office of outdoor recreation nationwide.
Read more from ORR: recreationroundtable.org/new…
In a new op-ed published in USA TODAY, ORR President Jessica (Wahl) Turner writes about one of the most scalable, cost-effective, and underappreciated health interventions in America: the outdoors. usatoday.com/story/life/heal…
A huge thank you to @lululemon for partnering with us and hosting a #yoga wellness popup at the National Mall to kick off ORR’s National Executive Forum on Health and Outdoor Recreation. We are so grateful for their support and leaderships in helping get more people outside!
