{"id":42558,"date":"2024-09-20T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=42558"},"modified":"2024-09-20T16:09:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T20:09:37","slug":"maryland-hosts-inaugural-outdoor-recreation-summit-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2024\/09\/20\/maryland-hosts-inaugural-outdoor-recreation-summit-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Hosts Inaugural Outdoor Recreation Summit in October"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 421px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53641099930_5067de1e4f.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of people on mountain bikes\" width=\"411\" height=\"308\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Susan Estes, submitted to Maryland Department of Natural Resources photo contest,<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host the inaugural <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/outdoorrec\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Outdoor Recreation Summit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from October 9-11 at Rocky Gap Casino Resort in Allegany County. A series of engaging panels, presentations, and outdoor excursions will highlight experts in outdoor recreation. The event will also provide\u00a0 networking opportunities, and enable attendees to explore the beauty of Western Maryland in the fall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Business owners, tourism professionals, outdoor enthusiasts, and students interested in outdoor recreation careers are encouraged to attend.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMaryland\u2019s great outdoors have so much to offer, from swimming in the Atlantic and skiing in the Appalachians, to mountain biking in Patapsco Valley and tubing down the Gunpowder River,\u201d said Sandi Olek, director of DNR\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/outdoorrec\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Office of Outdoor Recreation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u201cWe want to make sure everyone enjoys the fun of an outdoor adventure. Our summit is providing resources and knowledge to make that possible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Attendees will have hands-on outdoor opportunities including mountain biking and cycling expeditions, rock climbing adventures, kayaking and canoeing outings, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The summit includes presentations with four main themes:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">recreation, conservation, and stewardship;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">community and inclusion;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">workforce development; and\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">outdoor business development.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In these categories there are presentations describing successful projects, hands-on skill building workshops and reflections from experts on best practices and trends moving forward. Specific topics include sustainable practices, adaptive recreation, trail planning, conducting a business on state lands, invasive species, a place for everyone, and navigating in the outdoors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024-Outdoor-Summit-logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-42560\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024-Outdoor-Summit-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of Maryland Outdoor Recreation Summit \" width=\"448\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024-Outdoor-Summit-logo.jpg 800w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024-Outdoor-Summit-logo-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024-Outdoor-Summit-logo-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a>This inaugural event by the Office of Outdoor Recreation is located at Rocky Gap State Park in Mountain Maryland and will rotate to other regions in future years. It will be a catalyst for highlighting the communities, recreation, and outdoor opportunities in the\u00a0 mountains, plains, rivers, meadows, forests, and Chesapeake Bay of Maryland\u2019s \u201cAmerica in Miniature.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cosponsors of the Outdoor Recreation Summit include Allegany County Economic and Community Development; Allegany County Tourism; AllTrails; Fish &amp; Hunt Maryland; Frostburg State University &#8211; Frostburg Outdoor Recreation Economic Institute; Garrett County Chamber of Commerce; Maryland Department of Commerce Office of Tourism; Rocky Gap Casino and Resort; and Washington County Tourism,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cost to attend is $260, with a student rate of $150. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/summit\/registration.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Registration<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for the summit is available at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/outdoorsummit.maryland.gov\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">outdoorsummit.maryland.gov<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and is available until <\/span><b>October 1 at<\/b> <b>5 p.m.\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Questions can be directed to the Office of Outdoor Recreation at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:outdoorrec.summit@maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">outdoorrec.summit@maryland.gov<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host the inaugural Outdoor Recreation Summit from October 9-11 at Rocky Gap Casino Resort in Allegany County. A series of engaging panels, presentations, and outdoor excursions will highlight experts in outdoor recreation. The event will also provide\u00a0 networking opportunities, and enable attendees to explore the beauty of<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2024\/09\/20\/maryland-hosts-inaugural-outdoor-recreation-summit-in-october\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,3171,5336,11,4998,3172,12],"tags":[2948,5268,5000],"class_list":["post-42558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-boating","category-camping","category-fisheries","category-hiking","category-hunting","category-parks","tag-allegany-county","tag-office-of-outdoor-recreation","tag-outdoor-recreation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42558"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42563,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42558\/revisions\/42563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}