Comments prepared for the 2025 Alaska Trails Annual Conference Alaska’s trails are not a luxury. They are essential infrastructure. They...

Federal land management is facing unprecedented challenges—funding freezes, staff layoffs, and DEI rollbacks are straining the outdoor...

Grant funding freezes and and federal staffing cuts are endangering the operational capabilities to manage and steward federal public...

Recognizing that outdoor recreation is a large and growing sector of the economy nationwide, the Recreation Economy for Rural Communities...

Draft EIS on status of 28 million acres of public lands. From now through Feb. 14, the Bureau of Land Management is accepting public...

For the sixth consecutive year that the US Bureau of Economic Analysis has released national and state level data, Alaska’s outdoor...

Regenerative economic development is the theme again at this year's 8th Annual Confluence Summit on the Outdoor Economy, Sept. 26 - 28,...

Alaska’s outdoor recreation economy is a bright spot in Alaska’s overall economic health. Before the pandemic and as recovery continues,...

The public comment period opens today on the draft Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) for 2023 – 2027. The SCORP,...

AOA has scheduled three Lunch and Learns to share info about outdoor recreation infrastructure funding opportunities and the new federal...

The regenerative economies theme has attracted a lot of interest and new faces to the 7th Annual Confluence: Summit on the Outdoor...

Alaska Public Media's Lisa Keller interviews Nick Begich and Mary Peltola both of whom are seeking to fill the big shoes of Don Young,...

1 Networking. Meet the people you need to thrive. State, federal and tribal public land managers, culture, tourism and economic...

WHAT is the post-covid climate for Indigenous tourism and small businesses in general? How can partners in the Yukon and Alaska work...

New reports unveiled by the national Outdoor Recreation Roundtable and Oregon State University Center for the Outdoor Recreation Economy...

Published in Anchorage Daily News, July 18, 2022 by Lee Hart and Lisa Aangeenbrug Outdoor recreation is a cornerstone of Alaska’s economy...

AOA welcomes Canadian counterparts to this year's Confluence Summit in Haines, Sept. 7 - 9. With Haines in easy reach of the Canadian...

AOA is honored to announce Spruce Root has partnered with AOA to plan and facilitate the 7th Annual Confluence: Summit on the Outdoor...

A 2-question, 5-minute survey seeks a diversity of industry perspectives What are the key challenges, solutions and opportunities for the...

Talking to elected leaders is as easy as getting them on your turf, talking about what you love During Great Outdoors Month, and all the...