Utah Outdoor Partners

“Expenses office 433 information technology 1,129 travel 36 conferences 175 insurance 1,133 food and beverage 194 license and dues 110 total 3,210”

“Accounts receivable 66 90 total 66 90”

“Accounts payable and accrued expenses 1,471 24,333”

“Utah outdoor partners' mission is to raise awareness of the economic value of utah's open lands and to increase that value by working to support development of utah's outdoor recreation infrastructure.”

“The organization completed the preparation of a legislative resolution on the importance of outdoor recreation for the utah economy. Entitled, "concurrent resolution recognizing the economic importance of outdoor recreation for utah," also known as hcr 7, the resolution passed both houses of the legislature unanimously and was signed by the governor. The organization's president testified at two committee hearings and met with personnel from the office of the governor in support of the resolution. The organization enlisted allies who testified in support, including theresa foxley, president of the economic development corporation of utah, and tom adams, director of the office of outdoor recreation. The organization met with individual legislators to educate them about the importance of outdoor recreation. The resolution had extensive educational value. The organization used the resolution for additional educational purposes other than with policy leaders. For example, the organization helped write two op-ed pieces focusing on the resolution and the economic importance of outdoor recreation, one by john harrison, head of engineering for a major utah tech company, and published in the salt lake tribune, and the other by jim allison, vice president of big-d construction, and published in the provo herald. The organization participated in other education and alliance-building activities including hosting a booth at outdoor recreation day on the hill, attending the utah outdoor recreation summit convention, and attending a convention focused on the economics of outdoor recreation in the west, held in silver city, new mexico. The organization met with representatives of envision utah, the governor's office of outdoor recreation, and other allies and potential allies to develop opportunities for joint action. The organization developed plans for two studies to be performed in 2020 by utah state university's outdoor recreation and tourism (on the subject of economic opportunities presented by bears ears national monument) and by the kem gardner institute (on the subject of the contribution of outdoor recreation to the rapid expansion of the tech sector economy in utah), and met repeatedly with representatives of both entities in connection with developing plans for the studies. The organization continued to meet with many community members to develop a coalition of businesses and others supporting its efforts, including big-d construction and other companies, and the university of utah college of health. The organization enlisted a volunteer consultant, bob frey, to study alternatives and develop strategies for accelerating the involvement of the private sector in its mission. The organization's president had many meetings with mr. Frey and members of utah's business and philanthropic communities to develop such strategies. The organization published educational materials including a revised brochure and re-published op-ed pieces it had helped author and a fact sheet originally published by zions bank.”