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Outdoor Alliance Washington met with Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and other public lands stakeholders from the 4th district came together to celebrate his work supporting and protecting public lands.

Anneka Williams is the Policy Director for Winter Wildlands Alliance. A climate scientist and writer, Anneka has pursued research, stories, and ski lines all around the world. She is currently based in Salt Lake City, Utah and frequents the Wasatch range.

The Department of the Interior announced today that it will fully rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule, reversing a policy that recognized conservation as an essential part of the agency’s multiple-use mission.

A proposed border wall in the greater Big Bend National Park region threatens to cut off access to the Rio Grande, damage fragile desert ecosystems, and permanently alter one of the country’s most iconic paddling landscapes.

The U.S. Forest Service is in the process of updating how it manages hardrock mining on national forests for the first time in more than 50 years.

Congress votes to unravel protections around the Boundary Waters, America’s most visited Wilderness, opening up the area for mining.

Outdoor recreation organizations and businesses call on Congress to fund recreation at the USFS and BLM through appropriations.

Pete Steelquist is the Washington Policy Manager for the Surfrider Foundation, one of nine member organizations at Outdoor Alliance. Pete is a lifelong Washingtonian who lives on the Olympic Peninsula, where he is an avid surfer and mountain biker.

The U.S. Forest Service is undertaking a significant agency reorganization, which will affect recreation management on our national forests. 

Utah lawmakers want to use the Congressional Review Act to throw out the management plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, putting outdoor recreation at risk.

Daniela Zavala is the Communications Director for Hispanics Enjoying Camping, Hunting, and the Outdoors (HECHO). She is passionate about protecting public lands and inspiring Hispanic communities to connect with nature and engage in conservation. 

Advocacy group’s 2025 annual report recaps successes around collective action efforts, looks to continue momentum around ongoing public-lands challenges.

The Bureau of Land Management has released a proposal to radically increase timber harvest across millions of acres of public forests in western Oregon—and the public comment period to weigh in is extremely short, ending March 23.

21 grasstops outdoor recreation leaders will receive five months of training on outdoor policy and advocacy, turning their recreation pursuits and passions into civic engagement.

Noelle is the Executive Director of Bikepacking Roots, a nonprofit that supports bikepacking through advocacy, policy, and community events. She is passionate about expanding access for bikepackers of all identities while also protecting the places we ride and explore.

For the human-powered outdoor recreation community, the connection between climate change and our experiences outdoors is not abstract.

Public lands are foundational to our national identity and to a $1.2 trillion outdoor recreation economy that supports 5 million jobs nationwide.

Outdoor Alliance’s VP for Policy and Government Affairs testified in front of Congress last month about the implementation of the EXPLORE Act, one year after its passage. 

America’s most visited Wilderness is under serious threat from Congress, which could open the door to toxic mining.

This week, Congress passed the Fiscal Year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill with overwhelming bipartisan support.

The effects of massive layoffs will become increasingly visible, Congress might pass funding for public land maintenance, sell off threats are far from over, and other predictions for what 2026 will bring.