2026
July 22, 2026: Letter to the Forest Service expressing concerns over the new executive order that changes travel management rules to allow for more motorized vehicles on public lands
July 13, 2026: Recommendations to federal agencies on how to best implement the youth access strategy within the EXPLORE Act
April 22, 2026: Testimony submitted to the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands on Title II of the EXPLORE Act
April 10, 2026: Letter to the appropriations committee laying out OAKs FY27 appropriations requests
February 23, 2026: Thank you letter to Congress for protecting priority programs within the appropriations process
January 21, 2026: EXPLORE Act Implementation Testimony to the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands
2025
October 9, 2025: Public comment to National Parks Service urging adequate funding and staffing
July 31, 2025: Sign on letter urging Congress to include OAK priorities in the FY26 budget
June 25, 2025: Sign on letter with OAKs recommendations for the Reconciliation Bill
May 16, 2025: Sign on letter with OAKs recommendations for the Transportation Reauthorization Act
May 16, 2025: Sign on letter urging Congress to push to rehire and refund AmeriCorps
March 3, 2025: Revised FY25 budget request sign on letter to Congress to include OAK priorities in the budget
Feb 5, 2025: Sign on letter to Congress thanking them for passing the EXPLORE Act, and asking that Congress also ensures robust funding for federal land management agencies and adequate staffing levels so the law can be fully and successfully implemented.
2024
May 22, 2024: Sign on letter to the Biden Administration to include OAK priorities in the Presidents FY25 Budget for Congress
March 5, 2024: Sign on letter in support of the EXPLORE Act with access and equity recommendations
Jan 31, 2024: Public comment submitted on the American Climate Corps program
2023
October 24, 2023: Sign on letter in support of the Living Schoolyards Act
September 19, 2023: Sign on letter in support of codifying the Federal Interagency Council on Outdoor Recreation (FICOR)
May 4, 2023: Sign on letter sent to Members of Congress in support of the newly reintroduced Transit to Trails Act
March 21, 2023: Sign on letter to the Biden Administration to include OAK priorities in the Presidents FY24 Budget for Congress
2022
November 18, 2022: OAK Steering Committee Letter to the White House Council on Environmental Quality expressing appreciation for the U.S Government Interagency Memorandum of Understanding on Promoting Equitable Access to Nature in Nature-Deprived Communities.
October 28, 2022: Sign-on letter to the Biden Administration to include Every Kid Outdoors in President’s FY24 budget for Congress.
February 14, 2022: Sign-on letter sent to the House Natural Resources Committee endorsing the inclusion of equitable access to nature programs within the Environmental Justice for All Act.
February 14, 2022: Sign-on letter sent to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee urging the inclusion of OAK’s priorities in any outdoor recreation package.
February 4, 2022: Sign-on letter sent to the House and Senate leadership and appropriations committees urging the passage of an omnibus FY22 budget.
2021
November 18, 2021: Joint comments submitted to the Federal Register for the Department of the Interior’s request for comments on “Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through Recreation Opportunities.”
November 16, 2021: Sign-on letter sent to target House and Senate members urging the inclusion of the Transit to Trails Act in any must-pass legislation.
September 14, 2021: Sign-on letter sent to the Senate, urging that the federal Every Kid Outdoors program receive full funding in any budget resolution.
August 16, 2021: Sign-on letter sent to the House, urging that OAK’s priorities be included in any budget resolution.
June 24, 2021: Sign-on letter sent to House and Senate leadership, and House and Senate committees handling infrastructure and appropriations, urging that OAK’s priorities be included in any infrastructure legislation package.
April 16, 2021: OAK testimony submitted to House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, on OAK’s priorities for funding relevant agencies.
March 26, 2021: Sign-on letter to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, urging that OAK’s priorities be included in any transportation reauthorization or infrastructure legislation package.
February 23, 2021: Sign-on letter to House Committee on Rules requesting that the Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act of 2021 (H.R. 803) be amended to add the Outdoors for All Act.
February, 2021: OAK Recommendations for the President Biden / Vice President Harris Administration
Monday, January 25, 2021: Sign-on letter to House and Senate leadership with OAK’s updated requests for supplemental stimulus package funding.
2020
Wednesday, November 25, 2020: Sign-on letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees with OAK’s FY21 appropriations requests.
Monday, November 16, 2020: Sign-on letters thanking Congressional champions for a successful Every Kid Outdoors extension effort.
August 27, 2020: Sign-on letter to U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt requesting the extension of the 2019-2020 Every Kid Outdoors pass.
August 7, 2020: Sign-on letter to House and Senate leadership supplemental stimulus package funding requests for critical relief funds for OAK priorities.
July 28, 2020: OAK Steering Committee member sign-on letter to the House Natural Resources Committee requesting support for the Simplifying Outdoor Access for Recreation (SOAR) Act (H.R. 3879) in its July 29, 2020 markup.
-July 20, 2020: Sign-on letter to the House requesting clean passage of the Great American Outdoors Act (H.R. 7092).
-June 29, 2020: Sign-on letter to the House requesting OAK priority provisions from the INVEST Act and Outdoors for All Act be included in the passage of the Moving Forward Act.
-June 4, 2020: Sign-on letter to Senate and House leadership requesting clean passage of the Great American Outdoors Act (S.3422).
-May 4, 2020: Sign-on letter to Senate and House leadership and Senate Committee on Appropriations and House Appropriations Committee on stimulus package funding requests for critical relief funds for OAK priorities.
March 13, 2020: House FY2021 Department of the Interior Appropriations sign-on letter to the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies
-February 27, 2020: House sign-on letter to House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee on transportation reauthorization
-February 21, 2020: House sign-on letter to House Natural Resources Committee on the Outdoors for All Act, H.R. 4512
2019
-October 29, 2019: Senate sign-on letter on the Simplifying Outdoor Access for Recreation Act (SOAR Act), S.1665
-May 3, 2019: House and Senate FY2020 Appropriations letters to Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
-May 3, 2019: House and Senate FY2020 Appropriations letters to Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
-May 3, 2019: House and Senate FY2020 Appropriations letters to Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development
-May 3, 2019: House and Senate FY2020 Appropriations letters to Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
-February 21, 2019: House Letter Every Kid Outdoors Act in Public Lands Package S. 47 (E,H,S)
-February 1, 2019: Senate Letter Every Kid Outdoors Act in Public Lands Package S. 47 (E,H,S)
2018
-November 13, 2018: Senate Letter on Every Kid Outdoors Act (E,H,S)
-June 5, 2018: Letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on the Every Kid in a Park program (E,H,S)
2017
-December 21, 2017: OAK Comments on National Park Service fee increase proposal (E,H,S)
-September 25, 2017: Letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on the Every Kid in a Park program (E,H,S)
-August 15, 2017: Letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary George Ervin “Sonny” Perdue (E,H,S)
-July 19, 2017: OAK Testimony on S. 1522 (Every Kid Outdoors Act) prepared for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources’ Subcommittee on National Parks (E,H,S)
-July 11, 2017: VIDEO: OAK Congressional Briefing on Every Kid Outdoors Act and FY18 Budget (E,H,S)
-July 11, 2017: OAK policy pillars and fiscal year 2018 budget priorities leave behind (E,H,S)
-July 7, 2017: OAK Federal Register Comments on the “Review of Certain National Monuments Established Since 1996” – Docket ID: DOI-2017-0002-0001 (S)
-May 9, 2017: FY18 Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies (E,H,S)
-May 9, 2017: FY18 Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Relates Agencies (H,S)
-May 9, 2017: FY18 Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (H)
-March 16, 2017: Letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (E,H,S)
2016
-September 21, 2016: Letter to Congress on Every Kid in a Park program (E, H, S)
-April 15, 2016: Written Testimony to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY 2017 Appropriations (E, H, S)
2015
-November 13, 2015: OAK supports the Senate version (S. 1177) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (E)
-April 21, 2015: Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) letter to Senator Murkowski and Senator Cantwell (H,S)
-March 25, 2015: Written Testimony to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY 2016 Appropriations (E,H,S)
-February 27, 2015: Every Kid in a Park thank you letter to President Obama (E,H)
-February 27, 2015: No Child Left Inside Act of 2015 Sponsor thank you letter (E,H)
2014
-September 9, 2014: OAK Advocacy Day leave behind (Healthy Kids Outdoors Act, No Child Left Inside Act, Public Lands Service Corps Act, Transportation Reauthorization) (E,H,S)
-June 23, 2014: Letter to Congress on the Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2014 (E,H,S)
-June 23, 2014: Great Outdoors America Week lobby leave behind (Healthy Kids Outdoors Act, No Child Left Inside Act, Public Lands Service Corps Act, Transportation Reauthorization)
-May 23, 2014: Written Testimony to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies: FY2015 Appropriations
-January 8, 2014: OAK Letter to the White House in support of the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps
2013
-June 25, 2013: Great Outdoors America Week lobby leave behind (Healthy Kids Outdoors Act, No Child Left Inside Act and the Public Lands Service Corps Act) (E,H,S)
-June 4, 2013: Letter to Congress on the Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2013 (S)
-March 1, 2013: Letter to Congress on Sequestration (E,H,S)
2012
-February 13, 2012: Transportation Authorization Letter to Congress (H)
2010
-June 30, 2010: OAK recommendations on the President’s America’s Great Outdoors initiative (E,H,S)
-February 4, 2010: OAK Letter to First Lady Michelle Obama encouraging the incorporation of the outdoors into her Let’s Move campaign (H)
E – Education
H – Community Health and Wellness
S – Environmental Stewardship