The Outdoor Resources Review Group is a private, bipartisan panel whose membership includes a diverse set of policymakers and professionals with expertise in the management, provision, and value of outdoor resources.
The group is grateful for the support and assistance of more than
150
individuals and organizations who participated in this effort by attending
meetings, providing data, and more.
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico)
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee)
Carol Ash
Commissioner, New York Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Former Director, Palisades Interstate Park Commission
John Berry*
Former Director, National Zoological Park
Former Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget,
U.S. Department of the Interior
Phil Bredesen
Governor, State of Tennessee
Derrick Crandall
President and CEO, American Recreation Coalition
Member, President’s Commission on Americans Outdoors
Henry Diamond
Partner, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.
Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission
Former Commissioner, New York Department of Environmental Conservation
Yvonne Ferrell
Executive Director, NASORLO
Former Director of Parks, Idaho
Gilbert Grosvenor
Chairman, National Geographic Society
Member, President’s Commission on Americans Outdoors
Michael Mantell
Founder, Resources Law Group
Board Member, Wilderness Society and Resources for the Future
Patrick Noonan
Chairman Emeritus, The Conservation Fund
Member, President’s Commission on Americans Outdoors
William Reilly
Co-Chair, National Commission on Energy Policy
Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Kent Salazar
President, New Mexico Wildlife Federation
Board Member, National Wildlife Federation
Mark Sanford
Governor, State of South Carolina
Cathy Douglas Stone
Special Assistant to the Mayor of Boston for Environment
Board Member, The Wilderness Society
Kathy Sullivan
Director, Battelle Center for Mathematics and Science Education Policy
Member, National Science Board
Former Astronaut
Douglas Wheeler
Partner, Hogan & Hartson LLP
Former Chairman, National Park System Advisory Board
Former Secretary, California Department of Natural Resources
Steven Williams
President, Wildlife Management Institute
Former Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Joseph Wynns
Trustee, National Recreation and Park Association
Former Director, Department of Parks and Recreation, Indianapolis, Indiana
* Resigned from the group in April 2009 to accept a presidential appointment.
Bob Dulli
Deputy to the Chairman, National Geographic Society
James H. Fyke
Commissioner, Department of Environment and Conservation, Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation
John Frampton
Director, Department of Natural Resources, State of South Carolina
Erik Kulleseid
Deputy Commissioner for Open Space Protection, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation
In addition to providing staffing support for the Outdoor Resources Review Group, Resources for the Future (RFF) conducted a background study examining trends in recreational land use and new issues affecting recreation, conservation, and open space. Research publications from RFF are available at www.rff.org/ORRGpubs.
Margaret Walls, Study Director
Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
Sarah Darley, Study Coordinator
Research Associate, Resources for the Future
Juha Siikamäki
Fellow, Resources for the Future
Jeff Ferris
Research Assistant, Resources for the Future
Joe Maher
Research Assistant, Resources for the Future
Gordon Binder
Senior Fellow, World Wildlife Fund
Mackenzie Schoonmaker
Attorney, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.
George Siehl
Adjunct Professor of Geography, Pennsylvania State University – Mont Alto
