TWW Hosts Outdoor Industry Business Round-Table with Senator Gardner

Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show made its debut in Denver earlier this year.  OR is the largest U.S. trade show for the outdoor and winter sports industries, with more than 29,000 attendees and 7,500 buyers from 60 countries.   It was the largest trade show ever staged at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, using over half a million square feet. 

The Western Way, hosted a CEO Round-Table discussion with Senator Cory Gardner (R)-CO.  TWW's Chair Bob Beauprez led the discussion with outdoor industry CEO's. 

The group covered a wide range of topics from conservation and access to public lands to international trade policy.  Sen. Gardner has been a strong proponent of the outdoor industry.  Most recently, he sponsored the Outdoor REC Act, legislation that was signed into law and requires, for the first time, outdoor recreation economy be counted as part of national GDP.  

azcentral: Here's how Republicans like me can protect the environment

Western conservatives have a historic record of protecting the environment and preserving critical conservation efforts. 

President Ronald Reagan signed into law 38 bills that added more than 10.6 million acres of forests, mountains, deserts and wetlands to the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Sen. Barry Goldwater, “Mr. Conservative,” made clear that protecting the environment must remain an American priority: “While I am a great believer in the free enterprise system and all that it entails, I am an even stronger believer in the right of our people to live in a clean and pollution-free environment.”

azcentral: Senator Karen Fann: Here's how Republicans like me can protect the environment

Pueblo Chieftain: Colorado PUC hears Xcel's Comanche Plan

"Former state Sen. Greg Brophy, who now directs the conservative The Western Way advocacy group, said renewable energy has put more than $5 billion in investment in rural Colorado. He called the wind, solar and natural gas the cheapest sources of power for rural customers."

Pueblo Chieftain: Colorado PUC hears Xcel's Comanche Plan

Colorado Politics: Conservation starts with Conservatives

"Despite what the culture the media lead the public to believe, conservation starts with conservatives, and farmers and ranchers are our nation’s vital environmentalists. That was the message Saturday from former Colorado Congressman Bob Beauprez, the son of a dairy farmer and a rancher."

Colorado Politics: Bob Beauprz: Conservation Starts with Conservatives

Centennial Institute: Environment 2017- Western Way is the Right Way

"As Westerners who love liberty, limited government, and the land, it’s high time we stop letting the bicoastal progressives claim heartland conservatives and the GOP want to despoil the environment. What lot of bovine scatology.

Conservatives don’t care about the earth? Please. No one cares more about conserving America’s natural and spiritual heritage than we do."

Centennial Institute: Environment 2017- Western Way is the Right Way

TWW Opinion Piece: Colorado’s pioneer spirit drives innovation in energy

"Colorado has a long history of attracting innovators looking to create economic opportunities. Our state's earliest pioneers who developed new ways to farm and ranch in an unforgiving climate understood that an ethos of conservation, efficient use of resources and cooperation is necessary to gain a competitive edge. Today's entrepreneurs and risk takers are no different than the settlers who came before them."

Colorado Springs Gazette: Colorado’s pioneer spirit drives innovation in energy

TWW Opinion Piece: Trump's Conservative Conservationist Opportunity

Conservatives have tried hard to draw favorable links between Donald Trump and their beloved Teddy Roosevelt. While the two New Yorkers share common character traits, the more relevant question is whether a President Donald Trump would make any attempt to model his initiatives after President Roosevelt’s legacy achievement as a conservative conservationist. The political and policy opportunities are ripe for a President Trump to create such a resurgence.

Reno Gazette Journal: Our View: Trump’s conservative conservationist opportunity

Colorado Politics: Western US Issues Must be Addressed in Final Debate

"Western voters are facing significant issues that have been largely ignored by Mr. Trump and Ms. Clinton. At Wednesday’s debate, in the center of the Western swing states, the presidential nominees would be well served to address these issues of critical concern to Western state voters.

This election year only one presidential debate will be held in the Western United States. Wednesday’s debate, being held in Nevada, offers the candidates an opportunity to share their positions on issues of critical concern to Western swing state voters. Failure to address these issues would be political miscalculation by the presidential nominees and would disrespect Western voters.

A recent poll, the 2016 Conservation in the West Poll, found that 75 percent of voters in the West believe that issues involving public lands, waters, and wildlife are important in deciding whether or not to support a candidate, even when compared to other issues like the economy, health care and education. That same poll found that 68 percent of voters think that presidential candidates do not understand these issues. So, Western swing state voters may actually base their vote on Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton’s position on issues that they have almost entirely ignored."

Colorado Politics: Western US Issues Must be Addressed in Final Debate