Advocacy
Senate Passes Recreation Economy Bill
November 28, 2016 – American Hiking Society thanks the U.S. Senate for passing the Outdoor Recreation Jobs and Economic Impact Act of 2016 this week. This bill was passed by the…
Read MoreAHS Efforts on the Hill – Energy Act
September 27, 2016 – American Hiking Society has been busily working on numerous pieces of legislation with the US Congress and one of the bills that’s been taking quite a bit…
Read MoreNew U.S. Forest Service Saw Policy
July 19, 2016 – The U.S.D.A. Forest Service’s new Saw Policy was published today in the Federal Register. The new policy revises Forest Service Manual 2350 regarding training and certification…
Read MoreDOI Releases Economic Impact Report
June 17, 2016 – Today the Department of the Interior released a report that showed that our National Parks, Fish & Wildlife Refuges, and other lands they manage are more…
Read MoreNew NRT’s Announced on Eve of National Trails Day
June 3, 2016 – On the day leading into American Hiking Society’s National Trails Day, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis announced the…
Read MoreAHS Report Highlights Hiking-Health Connections
May 26, 2016 – American Hiking Society is pleased to announce the release of it’s newest report, Hiking Trails in America: Pathways to Health, in which it makes the case that…
Read MoreMajor Victory for Conservation of America’s Great Outdoors
April 20, 2016 – As America prepares to celebrate Earth Day, the U.S. Senate passed legislation that would permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). First passed in…
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