Hearing
Oversight hearing titled "“EXPLORE America250: Celebrating One Year of the Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences Act”.
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Event Info
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- Title
- Oversight hearing titled "“EXPLORE America250: Celebrating One Year of the Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences Act”
- Committee
- Committee on Natural Resources / Subcommittee on Federal Lands
- Date line
- Wednesday, January 21, 2026 (10:15 AM)
- Published
- January 14, 2026 at 11:19 AM
- Last updated
- February 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Witnesses
People connected to this event
Mr. Thomas Heinlein
Assistant Director for National Conservation Lands and Community Partnerships, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.Mr. Gordie Blum
Acting Associate Deputy Chief, Eastern Region, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Eastern Region, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.Ms. Jessica Turner
President, Outdoor Recreation Roundtable, Washington, D.C.
Outdoor Recreation RoundtablePublic profile proposed for Jessica Turner; hearing listed the witness as President, Outdoor Recreation Roundtable for a 2026 House committee hearing.
Mr. Taylor Schmitz
Senior Vice President, Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Congressional Sportsmen's FoundationSenior Vice President at the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, working on federal and state policy, marketing, communications, and development functions for the organization.
Mr. Jason Curry
Director, Division of Outdoor Recreation, Utah Department of Natural Resources, Salt Lake City, UT
Division of Outdoor Recreation, Utah Department of Natural Resources, Salt Lake City, UT
Mr. Louis Geltman
Vice President of Policy & Government Relations, Outdoor Alliance, Washington, D.C.
Outdoor AllianceVice President of Policy and Government Relations at Outdoor Alliance, monitoring national policy developments, coordinating member organizations, and leading advocacy work.
Mr. Matt Wade
Executive Director, American Mountain Guides Association, Boulder, CO
American Mountain Guides AssociationExecutive Director of the American Mountain Guides Association and public-lands advocate with experience in outdoor recreation, guiding, and conservation policy.
President of the American Battlefield Trust, leading the national nonprofit's battlefield preservation, education, and heritage work.
Documents
Source materials
DocumentDisclosure FormDocumentDisclosure FormDocumentDisclosure FormDocumentDisclosure FormDocumentDisclosure FormDocumentDisclosure FormDocumentDisclosure FormDocumentDisclosure FormnoticeHearing NoticememorandumHearing MemoDocumentFTR-1 Tiffany Opening StatementDocumentFTR-2 Westerman TWS Statement on EXPLOREDocumentFTR-3 Westerman Mountain Bikers on EXPLOREDocumentFTR-4 Tiffany Runners for Public Lands EXPLORE Support LetterDocumentFTR-5 Tiffany Access Fund Letter on EXPLORE PARC ImplementationDocumentFTR-6 Tiffany FFAPL 2025 EXPLORE Act Implementation ReportDocumentFTR-7 Tiffany UOGA Legislative PacketDocumentFTR-8 Tiffany Legislative Legal Risk AddendumDocumentFTR-9 Tiffany REI Statement for the Record on EXPLORE