Science, Planning, and Management for Outdoor Recreation & Gateway Communities
Basecamp is a regional conference and workshop focused on sharing ideas and collaboratively creating a path forward for outdoor recreation management and gateway community planning in the American West.
The gathering offers an opportunity to share new insights into how to improve outdoor recreation opportunities and protect the communities that enable them. It also includes dedicated workshop sessions for collaboratively addressing existing and emerging challenges faced by outdoor recreation managers, gateway community leaders, state and local officials, and others who value outdoor recreation in the West.
For 2027, we will be convening in Southwestern Utah, on the doorstep of Zion National Park. The Greater Zion region is of the world's foremost outdoor recreation destinations and home to some amazing gateway communities.
Basecamp is a program of:
Interested in becoming a sponsor of Basecamp?
Email Jordan Smith at jordan.smith@usu.edu and/or Elizabeth Sodja at liz.sodja@usu.edu
Location & Date
Greater Zion, Utah
Spring, 2027
Conference Venue
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