NASORLO Annual Meeting, Downtown Marriott, Little Rock AR, October 18-20, 2017

The 2017 NASORLO annual meeting is scheduled for downtown Little Rock, AR on Wednesday October 18th through Friday October 20, 2017.  This is great venue for NASORLO’s annual meeting, as there are many opportunities for observing one of the most vibrant cityscapes in all of America with plenty of parks, recreation and trails readily available […]

Senator Alexander supports state grants and calls for a new outdoor recreation commission

Here is a video clip of Senator Lamar Alexander commenting during the DOI Interior Secretary hearing and promoting state and local grants while suggesting a new Commission on the Outdoors might be a possibility..  Go to.. https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4648573/commission-americans-outdoors

Campaign to make LWCF permanent cranked up ( in new Congress )

The politics are complicated but Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) took a first step January 12 toward permanent authorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).  The law is presently authorized through September 30, 2018.  Legislation to make LWCF permanent almost made it over the finish line in December in an omnibus energy bill.  But […]

New Report – Three Year Plan for National Inventory of all parks and protected areas !!

A new report sets out a three year plan to complete PAD-US (the Protected Areas Database of the U.S.), the official national spatial inventory of every public park and protected natural area in the United States.  The report, Completing America’s Inventory of Public Parks and Protected Areas (November 2016), is available in summary and detailed […]

Map shows the value of LWCF to our National Parks

The following article and map from the Center for Western Priorities through an online GIS mapping service shows how National Parks have benefited from the federal LWCF land acquisition program. http://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=189380444a834ec69c45d834d9f29357

Outdoor Recreation 2017 Report

Positive Outlook for Outdoor Recreation in 2017 Courtesy of the American Recreation Coalition Outdoor recreation contributes $650 billion to the American economy, and supports tens of millions of jobs. According to ARC’s new report: Outdoor Recreation Outlook 2017, those numbers are only expected to grow. Most components of the recreation industry reported significant gains in […]

Millennials and the Outdoors

More millennials are venturing outdoors than any other age group Courtesy of GrindTV By Julie Kailus According to the latest report from the Outdoor Foundation, U.S. participation in outdoor pursuits increased last year, with millennials showing the largest boost among all age groups. Accounting for population increases, the country’s outdoor participation rate continued to hover […]

NASORLO has successful annual meeting in Detroit !!

DNR’s urban outdoor recreation efforts touted Michigan has long been known for its natural resources management, and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has long been a leader, nationally, in game and fish management. But now, the DNR is being lauded for something completely different: urban outdoor recreation. Detroit recently hosted the annual convention of […]

Clinton and Trump Outdoor Priorities

Trump, Clinton hold different outdoor policy priorities   As the Presidential election heats up, the two leading candidates continue to lay out starkly different approaches to park and recreation issues. Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton disagree particularly on uses of federal lands. Trump has made clear in speeches, in position papers and […]

NASORLO Leadership for 2017 and 2016 Awards – Detroit, MI – Annual Meeting

NASORLO has met to conduct it’s annual business and provide training for it’s members in Detroit from Sept 21 – 23.  Attached is a list of the newly elected Board members and it’s Leadership. Recognized with Awards at this years meeting were President’s Award of Merit – David Tyahla, NRPA – LWCF Advocacy and Leadership […]