The goal of our association is to provide camaraderie, protect our great American outdoors and our outdoor heritage by making sure the voice of the common man and woman’s voice is heard in Washington. We will strive to develop the skills of our members in all aspects of our outdoor heritage and to care for those who are in need as has been the mark of all great legends of the American experience.

The words you read below are the foundation that the USA Outdoors Association is built upon

"Conservation means development as much as it does protection. I recognize the right and duty of this generation to develop and use the natural resources of our land; but I do not recognize the right to rob by wasteful use the generations that come after us"
Theodore Roosevelt

"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature"

Anne Frank

"I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in"

George Washington Carver

"You will find something far greater in the woods than you will find in books. Stones and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters"

St Bernard

"The old Lakota was wise.  He knew that man's heart away from nature becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to lack of respect for humans too"

Chief Luther Standing Bear