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The BLM’s final Public Lands Rule will support conservation on 245 million acres of public lands that will benefit outdoor recreationists now and into the future.
The BLM is working to balance solar energy development with outdoor recreation and other uses of public lands.
The BLM just released finalized oil and gas reforms, which include important guardrails to protect outdoor recreation opportunities.
IMBA helps strengthen the work of Outdoor Alliance by bringing local voices together to advocate for place-based work, as well as funding for trails, improved recreation policy, and protecting places that matter to mountain bikers.
The House votes to pass the EXPLORE Act, a first-of-its-kind recreation policy package that will improve outdoor recreation on public lands and waters!
Congress just passed appropriations for this year, and it included significant cuts to public lands.
The program will recruit, train, and support “grasstops” advocates in the outdoor recreation community to conserve public lands and waters, address climate change, and protect outdoor recreation.
2024 marks ten years of Outdoor Alliance uniting the outdoor community to protect the human-powered outdoor recreation experience and conserve America’s public lands.
REI, Patagonia laud Outdoor Alliance’s work unifying different types of human-powered outdoor sports to protect public land.
Since he was elected in 2022, Congressman Kevin Kiley (CA-03) and our Outdoor Alliance California team have been meeting to advance policies on behalf of the human-powered outdoor recreation community.
To address growing challenges for Northwest forests, the Forest Service is proposing to update the 1994 Northwest Forest Plan. Learn more about our efforts to speak up for the importance of climate and wildfire resilient forests for outdoor recreation, and comment now to help secure a sustainable future for the forests we love.
In an effort to create consistent national policy on climbing, the Forest Service and National Park Service have proposed new climbing management guidance, which could curtail climbing opportunities in Wilderness and on other public lands.
Outdoor Alliance’s Outdoor Allies series features Philip Darden, the Executive Director of the Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association (SORBA), a regional mountain-biking organization with 47 chapters across the southeast.
The Outdoor Alliance policy team reads the tea leaves for what’s ahead in 2024, including conflict over public lands spending, a historic recreation policy package, and lots of climate action.
This week, the Biden Administration announced important steps towards protecting old growth forests across the National Forest System.
Outdoor Alliance’s Outdoor Allies series features Teal Lehto, a water rights activist in Colorado and the founder of Western Water Girl, a social media account that educates people on water conservation in the Colorado River Basin.
Conflicts between mining and outdoor recreation highlight the need to bring mining laws into the 21st century.
The BLM’s recent Blueprint for 21st Century Outdoor Recreation offers a vision for improving recreation on 245 million acres of public land
Outdoor Alliance’s Outdoor Allies series features Kurt Hellmann, the Wildlife-Recreation Coexistence Senior Coordinator for Conservation Northwest.
The House introduces the EXPLORE Act to improve outdoor recreation management, and which serves as a companion to America’s Outdoor Recreation Act in the Senate.
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Years of work on climate and conservation, from investments in the American Climate Corps to protections for 245 million acres to protections for Alaska, come to fruition on Earth Week.