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Securing more funding for outdoor recreation, building a new generation of outdoor advocates, and protecting more public lands, plus more big wins for outdoor recreation this year.

New legislation in the Senate would extend the Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF) to address continued maintenance needs for parks and public lands.

The Mountaineers joined Outdoor Alliance in Washington, D.C. to celebrate ten years of conservation powered by outdoor recreation and to advocate for some of our biggest policy priorities to end the year, like passing the EXPLORE Act and advancing the Wild Olympics bill.

Natural disasters have profound consequences for public lands and waters and must be included in federal disaster funding.

Growing outdoor recreation economy is threatened by lack of proper funding, infrastructure improvements on public lands 

Why the path to progress is making outdoors priorities bipartisan priorities.

The Forest Service has announced it will suspend seasonal hiring because of a budget shortfall, a decision that will affect 193 million acres of National Forest land.

Last month, Outdoor Alliance gathered its first cohort of the Grasstops Collective in Washington D.C. We held more than 80 meetings on the Hill, advocating for end of the year policy priorities, including passing the EXPLORE Act.

Congress is considering a number of bills that would protect public lands and waters for a year-end package. The outdoor recreation community is voicing its support for protections.

Hurricane Helene has had devastating effects on western North Carolina, east Tennessee, and other parts of the southeast. With staff members and partners safe, the outdoor community contends with how communities and outdoor landscapes are transformed.

This week, Katie Hawkins, California Program Director at Outdoor Alliance, was named among 205 people selected to join the Obama Foundation Leaders program.

Last week, Outdoor Alliance and our partners clocked more than 3.5 million steps around the Hill, holding more than 80 meetings with members of Congress and the administration to advocate for protecting public lands, improving outdoor recreation, and funding the outdoors.

The outdoor community has become a powerful force for conservation over the last ten years. Here are ten of our biggest conservation wins of the last decade.

More than 75 people representing ‘conservation powered by outdoor recreation’ will advocate on Capitol Hill next week in favor of the EXPLORE Act, among other conservation priorities.