Find your state’s most current State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan
The following link to the Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals ( SORP ) takes you to your state’s outdoor recreation plan. Go to: http://www.recpro.org/scorps
Author Archive for: Doug Eiken
Entries by Doug Eiken
Veterans Comment on the value of the outdoors to healing and addressing why LWCF needs to be fully funded!
See these short videos from Vet Voice Foundation members sharing their view on why Congress needs to continually support full funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Rex Hegdahl – Washington http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1dK6ojzdNs&sns=em Andres Lazo – New Mexico http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqDr0Cx4m1g Bernie Digman – New Mexico http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8NlDEM_yMw Vitali Mostovoj – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7jB_B6hxAI Martin Ledezma – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7jB_B6hxAI Tom Mullins – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7jB_B6hxAI
NASPD Supports LWCF at Summit and in Washington DC effort
Thanks to NASPD President Geigis for reporting this in her monthly newsletter. NASPD’S LEADERSHIP IN PROMOTING THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATIONFUND (LWCF) LWCF Denver Summit Update:Domenic Bravo (WY), Bill Bryan(MO) and Tom Wolfe (DC Rep) have been busy coordinating theLWCF Summit to be held in Denver, CO on April 11-12. The Summit, sponsored by NASPD and NASORLO, […]
National Economic Impact of Outdoor Recreation released.
The Outdoor Industry Association has released national data on the economic impact of outdoor recreation. Go to the link below to find specific state by state outdoor recreation economic impact data. http://www.outdoorindustry.org/advocacy/recreation/economy.html
Low Income neighborhoods lack key amenities and maintenance to be used for youth activity
The Inequality of Playgrounds By Emily Badger Low-income, minority neighborhoods in cities are often heavily disinvested places, with less money spent there on road repair, civic infrastructure or cultural projects than in other parts of town. This pattern, it appears, may even extend to public parks, with the result that the children who need exercise […]
LWCF Partners present Senator Barrasso with National Leadership Award
Wyoming Senator John Barrasso was presented with the National Leadership Award for his support for state grants by the stateside LWCF Coalition. Domenic Bravo, President of NASORLO presented the award in the Senator’s office on March 20th. The National Recreation and Parks Association, National Association of State Park Directors and America’s State Parks were […]
Blueways designation, a AGO priority opposed by Republican Western Congressional Caucus members
Interior considering GOP request to rescind ‘blueways’ The Interior Department said this week it was evaluating a Congressional request to rescind a conservation initiative that designates rivers and their associated watersheds as national blueways. Seven senators and 18 House members had written Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar February 14 to request cancellation of the program, […]
New Assessment of State Park Funding Options
See below.. Note the author of the study will be with us in Denver for the LWCF Summit, which she discusses in this report. New study evaluates possible state park money sources Despite recent economic hardship state parks do have a broad menu of strategies to raise money, says a new report. But the report, […]
Program for the LWCF Summit in Denver, April 11-12 2013
The LWCF training and associated summit meeting was held the week of April 7 – 12, 2013 at the Warwick Hotel in downtown Denver. The 3 1/2 day training for LWCF administrators ended on Thursday noon and the LWCF Summit began that afternoon and continued all day on Friday. Seventy four state staff from […]
State by State Outdoor Recreation Economic Impact Data Available
The Outdoor Industry Association has released it’s economic impact data of outdoor recreation for individual states. This data were collected in 2012 and is related to the national outdoor recreation impact data they released previously. The following takes you to their research site where this information on each state can be found. The following is […]
