Tag Archives: The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable

The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable today welcomed the final report on the first-ever government statistics recognizing the outdoor recreation industry as a significant contributor to the U.S. economy. The report, federally funded by the U.S. Departments of the Interior, Agriculture and Commerce, was released today by Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The new measurement is called the Outdoor Recreation Satellite ...

The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) is pleased with key outcomes from the inaugural meeting of the Interior Department’s “Made in America” Outdoor Recreation Advisory Committee. The committee discussed approaches that would allow more Americans to enjoy the nation’s great outdoors, and committee leaders were elected. ORR is the nation’s premier coalition of outdoor recreation trade associations. It is committed to ...

Congress has set funding for the Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account at $1.5 million, meeting the levels necessary to survey the economic impact of the outdoor recreation in the coming fiscal year. The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable – the leading coalition of outdoor recreation trade associations and organizations chaired by National Marine Manufacturers Association President Thom Dammrich – commended the U.S. Senate ...

Congressional and administration officials recently joined recreation industry leaders to mark the formal launch of the nation’s premier coalition of outdoor recreation trade associations, the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable. The event provided a platform for the group to officially outline its priorities as it works to educate decision makers on Capitol Hill about the importance of the outdoor recreation economy and ...