California Outdoor Recreation Partnership

California Outdoor Recreation Partnership Powering a voice for the outdoor industry to shape policy, support investments, and engage an inclusive outdoor recreation community in California.

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We interrupt your feed for a special announcement from our friends Sierra Nevada Alliance:Three-day weekend? Time to hea...
07/01/2026

We interrupt your feed for a special announcement from our friends Sierra Nevada Alliance:

Three-day weekend? Time to head to the mountains! ⛰️ This 4th of July, be sure to plan and prepare for hot weather, parking madness, and all types of trash. In the Sierra, we pack it in and pack it out!

Head to our website to learn more about recreating responsibly while you celebrate: takecaresierra.org 🎉🇺🇸

Join California Outdoor Recreation Partnership for a webinar focused on outdoor recreation at the local level — how a mo...
06/18/2026

Join California Outdoor Recreation Partnership for a webinar focused on outdoor recreation at the local level — how a mountain community is building its recreation economy, collaborating with federal land managers through a local level Office of Outdoor Recreation, and is actively working to protect the public lands that make it all possible.

This session turns from the state and national view of our past episodes to the ground level: Mammoth Lakes and California's Eastern Sierra. We'll hear how local leadership is driving outdoor recreation economic development, the work an Office of Outdoor Recreation can do at the local level, and why the fight against the proposed No Hot Creek Mine on USFS land matters for the region's recreation future.

Speakers:

-John Wentworth — Town Councilmember, Town of Mammoth Lakes; President, Mammoth Lakes Trails & Public Access Foundation (MLTPA)

-Lawson Reif — Manager of Outdoor Recreation, Office of Outdoor Recreation, Town of Mammoth Lakes (TOML)

-Emily Markstein — Co-Founder, No Hot Creek Mine Campaign

Moderator:

-Lexie Gritlefeld — Director, California Outdoor Recreation Partnership

Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/YKI3hQ2LQPGXjQI49-MJ2g #/registration

We're heading to the Switchback Event Spring '26 in New Orleans, Louisiana this week with the State Outdoor Business All...
06/14/2026

We're heading to the Switchback Event Spring '26 in New Orleans, Louisiana this week with the State Outdoor Business Alliance Network! Join us at the HydraPak Booth from 4-5 pm on Wednesday for our Mini Co****le Classic and chat with us about our work at California Outdoor Recreation Partnership. It'll be a fun time! 🌼🌻🏵 Swing on by to participate, spectate, or just socialize. We look forward to meeting you!

Special thanks to REI for sponsoring us to attend! We don't usually host events out of state but felt like an industry event is just what we need during a time like this for our public lands and ourdoor recreation. REI Co-op and HydraPak, LLC, we really appreciate your deep support of our work. 💛

We're heading to Switchback Spring '26 in New Orleans, Louisiana this week! Join us at HydraPak from 4-5 pm for our Mini...
06/14/2026

We're heading to Switchback Spring '26 in New Orleans, Louisiana this week! Join us at HydraPak from 4-5 pm for our Mini Co****le Classic and chat with us about our work at California Outdoor Recreation Partnership. It'll be a fun time! 🌼🌻🏵 Swing on by to participate, spectate, or just socialize. We look forward to meeting you!

Special thanks to REI for sponsoring us to attend! We don't usually host events out of state but felt like an industry event is just what we need during a time like this for our public lands and ourdoor recreation. REI Co-op and HydraPak, we really appreciate your deep support of our work. 💛

A few weeks ago, our Director, Lexie Gritlefeld, joined The Surfrider Foundation, Outdoor Outreach, Azul, Monterey Bay A...
05/27/2026

A few weeks ago, our Director, Lexie Gritlefeld, joined The Surfrider Foundation, Outdoor Outreach, Azul, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Coare, Environment California, and California Public Interest Research Group Students (CALPIRG Students) for California Ocean Day @ The Capitol to advocate for the ocean and celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Coastal Act and the Coastal Conservancy! A priority bill for California Outdoor Recreation Partnership included in the advocacy was SB 1268 (Gonzalez), which would codify the Outdoors for All Initiative.

Lexie led Team Rockfish in a lobby meeting with Assemblymember Steve Bennett (D-Ventura), who is a champion for California's oceans and beaches. Team Rockfish also included Miho Ligare, Fabienne Sowa, PhD, Stephanie Barger, Marty Farrell, and Sarah Buchanan. Go Team Rockfish! 🪨🐟🌊

Our coastlines are not for sale. 🌊We stand with our friends , , and .vc in opposing the reopening of the Sable Pipeline ...
05/18/2026

Our coastlines are not for sale. 🌊

We stand with our friends , , and .vc in opposing the reopening of the Sable Pipeline — a direct threat to California's coastal communities, marine ecosystems, and the outdoor spaces we all depend on.

California has made a promise to protect its wild places. Reopening this pipeline breaks that promise. We won't stay silent.

📢 No more pipelines!

05/14/2026

Today is the day! AB 2578, introduced by , will be heard on suspense file later today in Assembly Appropriations Committee. Ask to pass the Outdoor Access and Recreation Economy Act out of committee! The OARE Act will build a better pathway for collaboration between the California Natural Resources Agency and the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development

The Outdoor Access and Recreation Economy Act has surpassed 1,000 supporters through REI Co-op's Cooperative Action Netw...
05/13/2026

The Outdoor Access and Recreation Economy Act has surpassed 1,000 supporters through REI Co-op's Cooperative Action Network! We've contacted 76 out of 80 Assemblymembers through the activation. Thank you for the support! 🌲

Thank you to for authoring AB 2578 and elevating the importance of outdoor access, gateway communities, and the outdoor economy.

Special thanks to Matthew Smith at REI Co-op for making the California store campaign happen. We're so grateful! 👏

The bill will be heard in Assembly Appropriations tomorrow on suspense file. 🤞 Chair Wicks passed it out!

05/06/2026

Surf's up, California! 🏄‍♀️🏂 Ride the wave with Assemblymember Chris Rogers and support AB 2578, the Outdoor Access & Recreation Economy (OARE) Act.

AB 2578 will pave the way for an opportunity for better funding equitable access to nature and our outdoor economy by establishing a support entity to help with collaboration between the California Natural Resources Agency and the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz). The support will include relationship building with federal and local land managers to better support our gateway communities to public lands statewide. Join us by supporting AB 2578!

At our Impact on Tap Happy Hour in Sacramento, we had the deep gratitude of honoring a champion for California's natural...
05/06/2026

At our Impact on Tap Happy Hour in Sacramento, we had the deep gratitude of honoring a champion for California's natural resources and wild places, Senate President pro Tempore Monique Limón!

Thank you, Pro Tem Limón, for fifteen years of steadfast dedication to public service and more to come! Thank you for your tireless dedication to equitable access to the outdoors, ensuring the outdoors are for all for generations to come. We were grateful to honor your vision that the outdoors are for all Californians.

We also were welcomed by Assemblymember Chris Rogers, author of AB 2578: Outdoor Access & Recreation Economy Act! How lucky are we to have legislative champions for outdoor access and recreation in California. ☺️🌲🏕🌊

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