Outdoor Alliance sets 2026 agenda
The Outdoor Alliance released priorities for 2026 focused on defending public lands, shaping pro‑recreation policy, and building advocacy in Washington — a clear roadmap for outdoor and conservation storytelling. Those priorities create thematic hooks for regional creators covering parks, trails, and stewardship. (woodallscm.com)
Outdoor Alliance published its 2025 Annual Report and a new 2026–2028 strategic plan on March 16, 2026, with the organization describing the strategic document as a 27‑page report. (outdooralliance.org) The strategic plan highlights implementing the bipartisan EXPLORE Act and defending backcountry recreation through protection of the Roadless Rule on National Forests as named policy priorities. (outdooralliance.org) Outdoor Alliance reported the outdoor community sent roughly 1.3 million messages to lawmakers in 2025, helped defeat proposals to sell off up to 3.3 million acres of public land, and held 323 meetings with lawmakers, including a Washington fly‑in that involved a second cohort of 20 Grasstops Collective advocacy leaders. (outdooralliance.org) The group’s public education assets—maps explaining proposed land selloffs, the Roadless Rule, and BLM protections—were viewed more than 4 million times in 2025, and Outdoor Alliance coordinated a staffing‑restoration letter signed by 120 organizations to press lawmakers on agency capacity. (outdooralliance.org) Outdoor Alliance put its recent gains in context by noting a decade‑plus record of permanently protecting 40 million acres of public land, securing $5.1 billion for the outdoors, and converting more than 350,000 outdoor enthusiasts into active advocates. (outdooralliance.org) The 2026–2028 plan frames near‑term work around restoring federal land‑management staffing, countering regulatory rollbacks and monument/Forest protections under threat, and scaling the coalition’s policy and communications playbook into sustained Washington advocacy. (outdooralliance.org)
