Let's close the nature gap, for good.
In our mission to get everyone--regardless of where they live--Outside in 5 minutes or less, we need to ensure that every person can access quality parks and green spaces near where they live. Yet today, 100 million Americans live without a quality park within a 10-minute walk from home. In far too many low-income neighborhoods and urban areas, quality time outside is out of reach due to systemic barriers that prevent people – disproportionately communities of color – from enjoying nearby green spaces. The Outdoors for All Act seeks to close this nature gap by making a program called the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program permanent law, securing funding for green spaces in underserved communities.The good news is this bill is getting increased attention in Congress, but we need to work together to get this across the finish line. That's where you come in. Let's make getting to the park a walk in the park.
Take Cooperative Action by urging Congress to support the Outdoors for All Act.
The bipartisan Outdoors for All Act would create a dedicated source of funding for the Outdoors Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) program, which supports projects that expand outdoor recreational opportunities in urban and low-income communities across the nation, including new trails, green spaces, playgrounds, cultural gathering spaces, and more.Congress established ORLP in 2014. The program is run by the National Park Service and funded through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) as a nationally competitive grant program to increase access to the outdoors for disadvantaged communities. To date, ORLP has remained a discretionary grant program, which jeopardizes funding for underserved communities who don’t have access to outdoor recreation.
Read the bill text on Congress.gov.Read more about the Outdoors For All Act
here.
From East coast to West, cityscape to countryside, and everywhere in between, over 100 million of us living in America simply don't have outside spaces close to where we live. This is called the nature gap.Through Outside in 5, we're supporting local organizations and policy solutions at national, state, and local levels dedicated to closing the nature gap and help everyone, regardless of where we live, Outside in 5 minutes or less. Read
A Community Playbook to Closing the Nature Gap to learn more about solutions.
Learn more about Outside in 5.
If you're seeing this message, something is keeping the form from loading. Try turning off ad blockers or reloading this page. 