ORR Hosts Reception to Celebrate the Natural Resources Management Act

The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) hosted a reception for the 116th Congress to celebrate the steps its members have taken to grow the outdoor recreation economy and provide access to America’s great outdoors.

At the event, more than 100 recreation industry leaders applauded the bipartisan and bicameral passage of S. 47 – the Natural Resources Management Act – which delivers reforms to protect public lands and waters and enhance visitor experiences. ORR specifically called out the importance of permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, the Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act, the Every Kid Outdoors Act, the Sportsmen’s Access to Federal Land subtitle and the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Act.

Representatives Don Beyer (D–VA), Steve Stivers (R–OH), Garret Graves (R–LA), Peter Welch (D–VT), Suzanne Bonamici (D–OR), Bruce Westerman (R–AR) and John Curtis (R–UT) spoke to the group and were personally thanked for their support for outdoor recreation, including providing funding for the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account, as well as securing appropriations for the first federal government study of the outdoor recreation economy at the state level. Last year, the government released national data demonstrating the importance of an outdoor recreation economy that accounts for 2.2 percent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product and directly supports 4.5 million jobs.