Partners Outdoors : A Tradition of Action

The Partners Outdoors program was initiated in 1992 with two goals: to draw together tomorrow's leaders from federal recreation-providing agencies and the recreation industry (1) to reinforce an awareness of shared customers and interdependence of the public and private sectors and (2) to catalyze partnership-based actions to better serve recreational visitors to public lands...

Among the major outgrowths of past Partners Outdoors sessions are:

• the federal recreation-fee demonstration program authorized by Congress for FY96-2001, now generating nearly $200 million in additional revenues to address backlog maintenance needs and enhance visitor experiences