Policy Platforms
The mission of the Outdoor Alliance is to ensure the conservation and stewardship of our nation's land and waters through the promotion of sustainable, human-powered recreation. Our policy platform represents the current initiatives we are working on as a coalition in support of our mission. |
National Forest Stewardship
Our Forest Service platform focuses on protection of backcountry roadless areas, adressing the ongoing impacts of unmaintained roads, and the need for full public participation in the forest planning process. Forest Service lands across the nation provide accessible recreational opportunities to millions of Americans. Stewardship of these lands and the quality recreational experiences they prov...
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Proper Funding For Public Lands
Public lands hold a special place in America’s heart and all deserve adequate funding. Outdoor Alliance is concerned that budget figures for managing national forests, wildlife refuges and Bureau of Land Management lands are woefully inadequate - shrinking even as modern pressures on those lands mount.
Yellowstone and Grand Canyon are wonderful destinations, often once-in-a-life...
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America's Great Outdoors
Overview
President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum on April 16, 2010 establishing the America’s Great Outdoors Initiative (AGO). The AGO Initiative focuses on reconnecting Americans to the outdoors and promoting community-level efforts to conserve and restore outdoor...
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Next Century of National Parks
Wallace Stegner called national parks "America`s best idea." Our national parks embody the freedom that is at the heart of our democracy. Where in the Old World only wealthy landowners enjoyed nature preserves, America`s national parks are open to all.
In 2016, the National Parks Service will celebrate 100 years, providing an excellent opportunity to give back to America`...
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National Landscape Conservation System
Created in 2000 and formalized by Congress in 2009, the Bureau of Land Management's National Landscape Conservation System highlights 26 million acres of some of the best recreational, cultural, scientific, and natural resources in the American West. These special places run the gamut from wilderness areas and national monuments to wild and scenic rivers and national recreation areas. Examp...
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Mining Law Reform
We all use minerals every day and responsible mining can help provide much-needed resources to our nation. However, the current law governing mining on public lands - The General Mining Law of 1872 - is badly out of date. Outdoor Alliance believes, after 135 years, its time to modernize this law.
Frontier days are over. Today, we understand that public lands provide many things, su...
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Clean Water Act
Water is life. Nobody understands that better than people who paddle, hike, mountain bike, climb and ski. For some of us, water provides the venue in which we recreate. For all of us, clean, safe drinking water nourishes and hydrates us, and makes that recreation possible.
Of course, people use water for more than just recreation. Healthy rivers and streams support and sustain diver...
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Climate Change
Human-powered outdoor pursuits can be seen as climate change “indicator activities” because we, as outdoor people, are some of the first to experience the impacts of climate change on our public lands. Declining snowpack shortens ski and snowshoe seasons, makes alpine climbing more dangerous and can eliminate ice climbing. Less snowpack means less water in our creeks, rivers and lak...
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