Policy Update: Government Shutdown & What It Means for Runners, Club Leaders, and Race Directors
The government shutdown has begun, and it has implications for runners and race directors who run on federal public lands across the country.
Advocacy Recap: Runners for Public Lands Submits Comment on USDA Reorganization Plan
Repealing the 2009 endangerment finding would undermine protections that regulate greenhouse gases, threatening the health of public lands and the humans recreating on those lands.
Run for Our Lands II: One Week on the Pacific Crest Trail
RPL Ambassador Oscar Ponteri shares stories from a week spent running parts of Oregon’s Pacific Crest Trail.
Policy Update: Changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Weakening NEPA curtails the ability of runners and recreators across the country to provide input on how public lands are managed.
Policy Update: Potential Rollback of the EPA’s Endangerment Finding
Repealing the 2009 endangerment finding would undermine protections that regulate greenhouse gases, threatening the health of public lands and the humans recreating on those lands.
Run for Our Lands: One Week on the Appalachian Trail
RPL Ambassador Oscar Ponteri reflects on running a section of Vermont’s Long Trail.