Next week, Detroit Outdoors is hosting and facilitating a virtual panel discussion featuring Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) athletes and advocates to share their experiences and advice about engaging in outdoor recreation. Join us for a conversation, and come with any burning questions you have about the outdoors!
The Sierra Club celebrates with the White House the signing of the “United States Government Interagency Memorandum of Understanding on Promoting Equitable Access to Nature in Nature-Deprived Communities” by 10 Federal departments and agencies.
On Tuesday, the City of Philadelphia began clear-cutting trees at FDR Park’s South Philly Meadows despite residents using the area at the time and strong community resistance to the project.
Yesterday, the Outdoors Alliance for Kids recognized Rep. Katie Porter of California’s 45th district for her leadership in connecting kids to the outdoors.
On Friday, the Department of the Interior announced a new $192 million available in grants to communities through the National Park Service’s Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership program.
Today, the Biden Administration relaunched the Federal Interagency Council on Outdoor Recreation (FICOR), an interagency effort to make access to the outdoors safer and more affordable. FICOR’s focus areas will include investing in resilient recreation infrastructure, bolstering career opportunities, improving equitable access to the outdoors, and more.