Making the great outdoors more accessible to everyone (opens in new tab)

Americans adore the great outdoors, flocking to national parks and relaxing in their local green spaces.A 2025 report by the Outdoor Industry Association, a trade group, found that 181.1 million people — nearly 60% of all Americans age 6 and older — recreated outdoors. That’s a 3% increase from the previous year.Zoe Reep, a PhD student in the School of Social Work at Arizona State University, grew up loving the outdoors and worked for years in the recreation field.