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In the Pikes Peak Region

PPO Partners with Adventures Out West

June 16, 2026

Pikes Peak Outdoor Recreation Alliance is now Pikes Peak Outdoors

June 9, 2026

2026 Outdoors Awards and Celebration Hoedown

May 18, 2026

Get Outdoors Day 2026

April 15, 2026

2026 Pikes Peak Outdoors Industry Leadership Summit

March 6, 2026

PPORA Adds Nick Ragain to Executive Team

January 14, 2026

GOCO and CPW Grant Award Press Conference

January 13, 2026

2025 State of the Outdoors

October 5, 2025

Achieving a Milestone in Partnership

February 17, 2025

Colorado Springs Seeks Input on E -Bike Survey- Here are some things you should know!

June 21, 2024

New Data Released; Economic Value of Outdoor Recreation

December 13, 2023

Access to low-cost e-bikes for Colorado Springs residents

November 20, 2023

2023 State of the Outdoors

November 17, 2023

News Release: OPPI Gives Update on Progress

November 8, 2023

$10,000 Allocated to Local Trails Through PPORA Stewardship Fund

August 18, 2023

PPORA Receives Additional Funding for Recreation and Conservation Planning

July 20, 2023

North Slope Recreation Area Open for the Season – Changes to Access Coming

May 3, 2023

2022 Industry Stakeholder Report

February 4, 2023

News Release: PPORA Awarded $150K for Outdoor Pikes Peak Initiative

December 7, 2022

RECORD BREAKING NUMBERS! $862 Billion Outdoor Recreation Economy

November 9, 2022

White House Establishes Council on Recreation

August 31, 2022

Outdoor Retailer Show Noteworthy Trends

August 30, 2022

Addressing the Concerns on Gold Camp and Old Stage Roads

August 30, 2022

Addressing Transportation Changes-

August 30, 2022

America’s Outdoor Recreation Act

June 14, 2022

Local Land Managers Remind you to Recreate Responsibly this Summer

May 24, 2022

The Colorado Outdoor Recreation & Economy (CORE) Act is off to the Senate!

May 3, 2022

PIKES PEAK APEX ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH ARAVAIPA RUNNING

April 21, 2022

Conor Hall Named as New Outdoor Recreation Industry Office Director

January 18, 2022

PPORA Executive Director Recognized as a Colorado Springs CEO in Business Journal

January 11, 2022

Announcing New Partners and Updates

January 11, 2022

Colorado Springs Rank’s 113 for Cities with Most Campsites

December 4, 2021

PPORA Launches Core Value Statements!

November 2, 2021

PPORA Supports Colorado Springs Ballot Initiative 2C: Trails, Open Spaces and Parks (TOPS) Extension & Increase

October 25, 2021

$20,000 Allocated to Local Trails through the PPORA Stewardship Fund

July 21, 2021

PPORA Selected as Colorado Outdoor Regional Partner!

July 16, 2021

New Report Elevates the Importance of Outdoor Recreation to Local Economies

June 25, 2021

Respect in the Outdoors Campaign

June 24, 2021

Pikes Peak Litter Letter Project 2018-2021

June 17, 2021

Sen. Bennet Joins PPORA for a Recreation Roundtable

June 3, 2021

Land Manager Press Release

May 27, 2021

Pikes Peak APEX and Athletic Brewing Company Partnership

March 24, 2021

New Poll Shows Surge in Concern about Nature and Continued Bipartisan Support for Conservation Among Colorado Voters

February 16, 2021

Your Comments on Public Shooting Needed!

February 2, 2021

Exciting Fountain Creek Watershed Project

February 2, 2021

What Toll Did 2020 Take on the Colorado Outdoors?

January 6, 2021

Public Commentary: Jones Park Master Plan Survey

December 9, 2020

Colorado’s 2020 Hunting Season Uncertainties

December 9, 2020

USDA Forest Service Announces Key Changes to NEPA Procedures

November 18, 2020

The True Value of the Outdoor Industry

November 11, 2020

New Mountain Bike Trail: Palisade Plunge

October 9, 2020

The Pikes Peak Apex

September 28, 2020

Inspire the kids to get outdoors this summer with these activities

July 30, 2020

The Great American Outdoors Act Passes the Senate! Now on to the House…

June 20, 2020

Outdoor Opportunities Emerge Amid Pandemic

June 16, 2020

Getting Out and Giving Back How Local Outdoor Enthusiasts are Making a Difference

May 27, 2020

Colorado Outdoor Industry COVID-19 Impact Report

April 18, 2020

Pikes Peak Industry Leadership Summit Panelists 2020

March 14, 2020

Wins, challenges and Colorado’s national role in the growing clout of outdoor recreation

February 10, 2020

Listen to PPORA Exec. Director’s Interview with Hiking Bob Falcone!

January 20, 2020

COILS 2019 Recap

November 19, 2019

The Cities That Will Be the Next Dream Outdoor Hubs

November 6, 2019

SURVEY: ANGLERS WOULD PAY MORE TO ELIMINATE SINGLE-USE PLASTICS

October 14, 2019

Colorado Springs passes ordinance to require bear-proof trash cans or alternatives for some residents west of I-25

October 9, 2019

Colorado Brings The Outdoor Industry to Unexpected Places

October 2, 2019

New BEA report shows outdoor recreation grew by 3.9% in 2017, announces new state data

September 20, 2019

THE MOST POWERFUL “SELF-CARE” HABIT IS JUST GETTING OUTSIDE

September 18, 2019

NGA Launches Outdoor Recreation Learning Network To Promote Economic Growth Through The Outdoor Industry

July 31, 2019

Haaland, Curtis Lead SOAR Act in the House

July 23, 2019

Heinrich, Capito Introduce Simplifying Outdoor Access for Recreation Act

May 23, 2019

Ring the Peak–the Complete the Ring Project

May 1, 2019

SENATE HOLDS A RECREATION HEARING

April 23, 2019

Tariffs Less Worrisome For Some, Not Others

March 29, 2019

Find the Greenback Cutthroat Trout in Old Colorado City

March 28, 2019

Get a Tax Break for Riding Your Bike: New Bill Would Add Commuter Deduction

March 15, 2019

Trump signs major public lands, conservation bill into law

March 12, 2019

Recreation Counties Attract New Residents and Higher Incomes

March 12, 2019

Director of Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office is stepping down

March 8, 2019

Montrose wants a piece of Colorado’s $62.5 billion outdoor recreation economy with new 150-acre business campus

January 31, 2019

Economic impact of outdoor recreation has ballooned in Colorado in a short period

October 26, 2018

With outdoor recreation tourism booming, towns pick up the tab for squeezed US Forest Service

October 25, 2018

Interior Secretary Zinke signs science deal with Colorado School of Mines

October 25, 2018

Hikers: Stop Hating on Hunters

October 22, 2018

Guide Introduction to USDA Forest Service Recreation Special Uses

October 11, 2018

Why “Wilder” Nature Is Better for Your Health

October 11, 2018

NEW LEGISLATION SEEKS TO IMPROVE PERMITTING SYSTEM

October 10, 2018

CVB changes name, updates logo

September 26, 2018

Towns Pick Up the Tab for U.S. Forest Service Staff

September 20, 2018

How the “outdoor voter” has emerged as a potentially potent political force in Colorado

September 14, 2018

Western business owners throw support behind reauthorizing Land and Water Conservation Fund

September 13, 2018

Unlocking The West’s Inaccessible Public Lands Off Limits, But Within Reach

August 31, 2018

VF CORPORATION CHOOSES COLORADO AS ITS NEW GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS

August 14, 2018

Colorado Senators support public lands in bipartisan letter to US Senate

August 6, 2018

Colorado Springs No. 1 most desirable place to live, survey shows

July 31, 2018

Interim U.S. Forest Service chief says she will make it ‘easier for all kinds of businesses to work with and on the forest’

July 27, 2018

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT: WHY THE FUTURE OF THE OUTDOOR INDUSTRY DEPENDS ON WATER

July 25, 2018

OIA RELEASES FIRST-EVER CONGRESSIONAL SCORECARD AS PART OF NEW ‘VOTE THE OUTDOORS’ CAMPAIGN

July 24, 2018

Writing Prescriptions to Play Outdoors

July 17, 2018

New study reveals a whole new list of health benefits from spending time outdoors

July 11, 2018

Steve Schallenkamp: Charting the growth and popularity of trail running

July 9, 2018

New photography policy at popular Springs site, permit required

July 7, 2018

PUBLIC LANDS: OUR INDUSTRY, OUR ISSUE, OUR FIGHT. WHAT ARE (AND WHAT AREN’T) PUBLIC LANDS?

July 4, 2018

COLORADO’S WESTERN SLOPE IS MAKING ALL THE RIGHT MOVES

June 8, 2018

It’s risky out there! That’s why PSU’s Outing Club can no longer go outside

April 24, 2018

Zinke Establishes Position of Senior National Advisor for Recreation

April 20, 2018

El Pomar invests $1 million to support cycling in Colorado Springs

April 12, 2018

Quarry owner pitches new bike park

April 5, 2018

CPW accepts check for $29 million grant from U.S. Department of the Interior

March 23, 2018

Wildfire Suppression: Change in Funding on the Horizon

March 22, 2018

Study: Inactivity Rates Among Low-Income Households Near Historic Levels

March 18, 2018

Think Before You Boycott: Guns, Public Land, and Vista Outdoor

March 18, 2018

BENTONVILLE: WHERE BIKES BOOST THE BOTTOM LINE

February 25, 2018

Press Release: Outdoor Recreational Spending Dominated by Motorized Usage

February 25, 2018

Fixing the wildfire funding problem starts with prevention

February 21, 2018

New Government Data Supports Growing Outdoor Recreation Sector

February 16, 2018

Voice Your Support: Future Generations Act – Senate Bill 143

February 8, 2018

New Poll Finds Colorado Voters Increasingly See Themselves As Conservationists

January 26, 2018

The Forest Service is Burning

January 23, 2018

Proposed revisions to NEPA, Comments Requested by Feb. 2

January 23, 2018

Study finds Great Outdoors Colorado gives state $507 million economic boost

January 20, 2018

Mild winter, low snowpack can put a damper on outdoor recreation; Ute Pass Trail closure extended

January 20, 2018

Why wildfires have gotten worse — and what we can do about it

January 20, 2018

Why the National Park advisory board imploded

January 20, 2018

Opportunity for Guides and Outfitters

January 12, 2018

Zinke’s World View

January 8, 2018

RV Sales Boom Is Fueled By Millennials As They Overturn Stereotypes And Enjoy The Itinerant Life

December 31, 2017

You’ve Made 2017 an Amazing Year!

December 29, 2017

Secretary Zinke announces Creation of the “Made in America” Recreation Advisory Committee

November 15, 2017

Rep. Lamborn Places National Monuments and Brown’s Canyon in Jeopardy

October 10, 2017

Are We Loving Colorado’s Wild Places to Death?

October 4, 2017

Outdoor Recreation Is Big Business

September 29, 2017

Long-dreamed Pikes Peak trail set for construction

September 27, 2017

Secretary Zinke signs Secretarial Order to Support Sportsmen & Enhance Wildlife Conservation

September 21, 2017

With 11 fatalities on Colorado’s fourteeners this season, “it’s time to do something”

September 17, 2017

Wed. Night Chill Ride: New Trails are here!

September 12, 2017

New phase of recreation in Colorado Springs’ Bear Creek watershed taking shape

September 6, 2017

Colorado Springs chamber launches recruiting site for local employers

September 5, 2017

OUTDOOR FOUNDATION RESEARCH REPORTS

August 31, 2017

With trails and outdoor events, Fremont Adventure Recreation grows, plans to continue

August 26, 2017

Interior to Recommend Shrinking National Monuments

August 24, 2017

Western Officials Support Possible BLM, Federal Agency Relocation To Denver

August 17, 2017

Don’t take our Public Lands for Granted

August 5, 2017

IMBA SUPPORTS BIPARTISAN BILL TO IMPROVE TRAIL ACCESS ON PUBLIC LAND

August 2, 2017

Living (Dangerously) in an Era of Megafires | Paul Hessburg | TEDxBend

August 1, 2017

How A Surge in Visitors Is Overwhelming America’s National Parks

August 1, 2017

Outdoor Industry Association and Outdoor Alliance Commend Congress on the Introduction of the Recreation Not Red-Tape Act

July 26, 2017

Take 5: QuietKat e-bike owner Jake Roach talks e-bike laws in Colorado

July 21, 2017

Zinke: ‘Public-Private Partnerships’ Vital To Parks

July 20, 2017

Pay To Hike? It’s Under Consideration At Popular High Country Trail

July 20, 2017

Editorial: Outdoor show brings golden opportunity to Front Range

July 14, 2017

Web Extra: Outdoor Trade Shows Confirms Move To Denver

July 7, 2017

How Colorado Lured the Biggest Trade Show in the Outdoor Industry

July 6, 2017

Denver has landed the coveted Outdoor Retailer summer and winter trade shows, sources confirm

July 5, 2017

Camping permits will be required near Maroon Bells, Conundrum Hot Springs in 2018

June 30, 2017

Colorado Outdoor Recreation Economy

June 27, 2017

In their own words: National Park Service explains impacts of crippling cuts in President Trump’s proposed budget

June 10, 2017

Emerald Expositions Acquires Snow Show from SnowSports Industries America

May 25, 2017

State of the Outdoors Recording

May 24, 2017

GARDNER, TIPTON URGE PRESIDENT TRUMP TO PROTECT CANYONS OF THE ANCIENTS NATIONAL MONUMENT

May 24, 2017

Royal Gorge Camping offers new way to enjoy scenery, create memories

May 19, 2017

Denver one of three finalists for massive Outdoor Retailer trade shows

May 18, 2017

City released findings of ‘Bike Master Plan Report’

April 14, 2017

New El Paso County commissioner has grand vision for Pikes Peak

April 6, 2017

The changing face of camping: record numbers of minorities hit the trails

March 23, 2017

Trump budget proposes big changes in Forest Service, Interior spending

March 22, 2017

Cost of Fire Operations

March 22, 2017

State of the Outdoors 2017

March 21, 2017

What’s the Outdoor Industry’s Role in Healthcare Reform?

March 17, 2017

Keeping lands public is good business

March 8, 2017

Day One: Secretary Zinke Signs Orders to Expand Access to Public Lands

March 3, 2017

Off-highway recreation big business in Colorado

March 1, 2017

Peterson blazes serendipitous trail

March 1, 2017

Mountains Matter to Millennials – White Paper

February 28, 2017

GOV. HICKENLOOPER, SEN. BENNET & SEN. GARDNER INVITE ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S MOST ICONIC CONVENTIONS TO COLORADO

February 28, 2017

Trade group to focus on the great outdoors

February 24, 2017

The Outdoor Industry and Republicans Are Going to War Over America’s National Parks. Here’s What You Need to Know.

February 23, 2017

Grow A Bigger Pie

February 15, 2017

DIRECTOR UPDATES – FEBRUARY 2017

February 15, 2017

Major outdoor retailer event to consider moving out of Utah

February 7, 2017

Weekend camping resets body clock

February 6, 2017

Bennet, Gardner propose fixes to public lands issues in Colorado

February 3, 2017

A Q&A With Colorado’s Top Outdoorist

February 2, 2017

Hickenlooper promises $100M to make Colorado “the best state for biking”

February 1, 2017

Why Urban Parks Are Essential Infrastructure

January 30, 2017

Colorado Outdoor Recreation director: Efforts paying off for Fremont County

January 24, 2017

Trail Talk: Colorado Springs residents dubbed ‘ultra-users’ of parks, trails

January 23, 2017

Gypsum mulls move into mountain biking realm

January 17, 2017

Forest Service proposes a “cultural shift” for more access to public lands

January 11, 2017

Obama Designates Two New National Monuments, Protecting 1.65 Million Acres

December 30, 2016

Meet One of America’s Richest (and forward thinking) Mountain Bikers

December 13, 2016

Palisade Plunge Trail receives $90K grant

December 13, 2016

BREAKING: President Obama Signs REC Act Into Law

December 9, 2016

Congratulations to the Pikes Peak region for receiving a Grant for the Ring the Peak Trail Project

December 9, 2016

The Outdoor Industry Is About to Become a Serious Political Force

December 9, 2016

Taking account of this overlooked industry could lift the U.S.’s GDP

December 6, 2016

U.S. Senate Approves Outdoor REC Act

December 6, 2016

FEMALE PARTICIPATION IN HUNTING RISES OVER 80% IN 10 YEARS

December 5, 2016

BLM Gets Locals More Involved in Public Land Management

December 5, 2016

Sally Jewell on the Future of the Department of the Interior

December 1, 2016

Congress Passes Bill To Improve Trail Maintenance and Preservation

November 18, 2016

U.S. House Passes Outdoor REC Act

November 16, 2016

Recreation’s Economic Contributions (REC) Act (S. 2219/ H.R. 4665)

November 16, 2016

Study Finds Bicycling and Walking Activity Contributes $1.6B to State’s Economy

November 9, 2016

Is YOUR Organization Counted?

November 9, 2016

BEST IN OUTDOOR RECREATION COME TOGETHER IN COLORADO

November 8, 2016

CVB’s Annual Celebration Event

November 7, 2016

Plan COS: Leading the Way to Our Future

November 7, 2016

Survey strongly supports notion of the outdoors being a key player in Colorado’s economy

November 6, 2016

Hickenlooper: Colorado’s Ring the Peak trail ‘will be an international destination’

November 6, 2016

Rep. Jared Polis on why the REC Act matters

September 8, 2016

Grand Junction zipline builder’s newest creation is one-of-a-kind aerial adventure over cliff-lined Seven Falls

August 23, 2016

Colorado Springs woman’s dream of a bicycle resort being realized

August 23, 2016

TOPS stands as a two-decade success

August 23, 2016

Trail work to protect rare trout is underway near Colorado Springs

August 12, 2016

Why does the outdoor recreation community ignore horseback riders?

August 12, 2016

Colorado Tourism Sets All-Time Records

August 8, 2016

GOP Platform Proposes to Get Rid of National Parks

July 16, 2016

Congressmen Introduce Bill to Allow Mountain Bikers in Wilderness Areas

July 16, 2016

GOP Platform Proposes To Get Rid Of National Parks And National Forests

July 15, 2016

PUBLIC LANDS: Have you been paying attention?

July 7, 2016

Gardner’s Outdoor Recreation Bill Approved by Commerce Committee

July 2, 2016

US Dpt. of Interior Reports 20MM More Visits in Fiscal 2015

June 24, 2016

Pres. Obama visits NP with a focus on Orec

June 24, 2016

USFS Cuts Back Red Tape for Groups Getting Outdoors

June 24, 2016

Forest Service Makes it Easier for Visitors to Enjoy National Forests and Grasslands

June 24, 2016

UPDATE: House Committee Passes Public Land Transfer Legislation

June 23, 2016

Colorado emerging as a national leader in developing a recreational-based economy

June 23, 2016

Get Outdoors Day Recap

June 20, 2016

Attend Public Input Sessions for the Tourism Roadmap

June 1, 2016

Colorado’s Public Lands Day Bill Recognizes the Value of the Outdoors

May 17, 2016

Pikes Peak Region’s heritage of innovation and entrepreneurship

May 17, 2016

Best Season Ahead of Us

April 29, 2016

Announcement from Secretary Jewell

April 19, 2016

Outdoor Recreation Industry Group Created

January 26, 2016

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