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Outdoor Adventure Commission previews draft strategic plan, schedules regional workshops and outlines new project-prioritization process
Summary
At a hybrid meeting, Utah State researchers presented a draft strategic plan built around four core directions and a series of spring regional workshops; the Commission discussed using the plan as a rubric for a proposed Recreation Coordinated Investment Initiative ("Recce") that will prioritize regional and statewide outdoor-recreation projects and guide allocation of newly appropriated funds.
Representative Stenquist, chairing the Utah Outdoor Adventure Commission, opened the meeting and framed the body’s new role in overseeing funding and prioritization after recent legislative changes.
Dr. Smith, a Utah State presenter, delivered the commission’s strategic-planning update and described four proposed “cardinal directions” to guide the plan: building cross-agency partnerships; improving responsible-recreation awareness and education; developing infrastructure that meets demand while conserving landscapes; and increasing economic benefits for less-populated but heavily visited destinations. “What we are proposing to be the core of that strategic plan,” Dr. Smith said, describing how each direction will be supported by objectives and tiered policies, projects and programs.
The planning team has completed two substantive reports—a statewide funding analysis that mapped existing state funding flows for outdoor recreation and a comparative…
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