The outdoor industry has a long history of political engagement. Over the years, countless brands have thrown their influence (and dollars) behind causes like climate protection and the conservation of public lands. Until 2018, however, no company had gone so far as to endorse a ...read more
Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) sent an urgent policy alert on Tuesday, urging members to write to lawmakers in Congress using its letter generator. The U.S. House of Representatives is slated to vote on three key pieces of public lands legislation, the Grand Canyon ...read more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected] TLC from L.L.Bean: Using a $50,000 grant from L.L. Bean, the Trust for Public Land oversaw a major remodel of a recreation area in Ohio. The revamp includes new ...read more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected] To #OptOutside isn't enough, REI's CEO says. For the fifth time this Black Friday, REI Co-op will close all its stores, process no online payments and pay all ...read more
Among the millions of people striking for the climate over the past week were pro athletes, and outdoor activists and brands with the unifying message: Lawmakers must act on the climate crisis and stop denying it's fact. Signs were scrawled with messages like "There is no planet ...read more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected] S.O.S. in a Nalgene: A message in a Nalgene bottle sent down the Arroyo Seco River saved a family in need when waters were high and fierce along the waterfall ...read more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected] This weekend: SNEWS Assistant Editor Amelia Arvesen is heading to Bend, Oregon, to attend a new outdoor festival called Outdoor City USA. Bikes will be abundant, ...read more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected] Outdoor Industry Association chimed in on the introduction of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act 2019: “America’s diverse and unique wildlife are not only ...read more
Because the U.S. backed out of the Paris climate agreement more than a year ago, somebody had to take the lead on fighting climate change. Just this week, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill into law that aims to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. The first goal? Achieve ...read more
Every year, Americans spend more on outdoor recreation than they do on pharmaceuticals and fuel, combined, the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) reports. The outdoor recreation economy generates $887 billion in annual consumer spending, 7.6 million jobs, $65.3 billion in federal ...read more
The Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office didn't have to look far to replace Luis Benitez, after he announced in March that he was leaving for VF Corporation. Nathan Fey has had his nose underneath the office's tent since its early days. He was a consultant, had a seat on ...read more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected]. On Cotopaxi's fifth birthday, the brand is launching the Cotopaxi Foundation to help educate and support underprivileged and underrepresented communities. ...read more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected]. Here's everything you need to know about David Bernhardt, Trump's nominee for secretary of the Interior The EU market cut single-use plastic products to protect ...read more
More than five years ago, President Barack Obama nominated a new general counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Avi Garbow had been a federal environmental crimes prosecutor, with decades of experience tackling the most critical threats to air, water, and land. In ...read more
The president's signing of a massive conservation and recreation act is a gift to every American, Outdoor Industry Association's Amy Roberts wrote on Tuesday. When Donald Trump put ink to paper at 1:45 p.m. Eastern Time, he marked a moment outdoor advocates, environmentalists, ...read more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected]. As an industry committed to sustainability, let’s STOP USING SO MUCH SINGLE USE PLASTIC at our trade shows. If you need more incentive, Outside published this ...read more
It's official. After waffling for several months, John Hickenlooper finally announced on Monday that he's running for president in the next election. Hickenlooper, 67, is the 14th Democrat to declare a candidacy on what is already a crowded field. In an interview on "Good Morning ...read more
Meet the future of the outdoor industry. These four have a fierce determination to create a new path forward for the outdoors, and they're doing it with a degree of awareness and intersectionality we've never seen before. 1. Outdoor education Pinar Ates Sinopoulos-Lloyd, 30, ...read more
One-hundred fifty days ago, a conservation and recreation program that protected public lands and water expired—a devastation to the future of public lands. But after months of build up, hope was restored today when the U.S. House passed the Natural Resources Management Act (S. ...read more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected]. Eighty Colorado outdoor companies have come together to urge Congress to support America's Public Land Act, which was just introduced Thursday afternoon by Sen. ...read more
"It's alive!" Patricia Rojas-Ungar and others with Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), wrote in emails on Tuesday afternoon. After much anticipation, the U.S. Senate passed (92-8) a bipartisan public lands package of 170 bills—the Natural Resources Management Act—in one full ...read more
President Donald Trump has nominated a former oil and gas lobbyist as Secretary of the Interior, which, according to several outdoor advocacy organizations, doesn't bode well for public lands. Trump appointed David Bernhardt as deputy secretary to Ryan Zinke, and has been ...read more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected]. A trail runner was attacked by a mountain lion in Larimer County on Monday afternoon. But it's the mountain lion that didn't survive. With bare hands, the runner ...read more
John Hickenlooper is a household name in Colorado and even in the outdoor industry, and a name that's surfacing nationwide as a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. There's been chatter since as early as last April that he'll run for president and every day, it seems like ...read more
