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As part of the recently passed Veterans COMPACT Act, the Accelerating Veterans Recovery Outdoors Act makes therapy via outdoor recreation more readily available to military veterans. A broad legislative effort to better serve military veterans was recently signed into law by the president. And within that legislation is a concerted plan to better veterans’ access to therapeutic outdoor programs. The Veterans COMPACT Act creates new channels of communication between veterans and the VA, implements programs and policies for better health care, and focuses on transition assistance, suicide prevention among veterans, women’s reproductive health care, and more. And as part of

A bill to promote the use of public lands and other outdoor spaces for medical treatment and therapy for veterans has been signed into law, opening the door to improved physical health and mental well-being for veterans who lacked access to outdoor recreation in the past. The “Accelerating Veterans Recovery Outdoors Act” was co-introduced into Congress by Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Sen. Catherine Cortez-Masto, D-Nevada, in May, 2019, and signed by President Trump on Dec. 5. It mandates the formation of an interagency task force to identify opportunities for veterans to use public lands for medical treatment and recreational

Note: This story was corrected to change the date the bill was signed. A U.S. Senate bill signed into law Saturday stands to bring Montana’s veterans and the outdoors closer together. Introduced by Montana Republican Sen. Steve Daines and Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, a Democrat, the bipartisan bill promotes outdoor veteran recovery programs and expands outdoor recreational opportunities for veterans on public lands. The bill passed as part of the Veterans COMPACT Act of 2020. The other aims of the bigger package are to improve veteran access to services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, such as suicide prevention,

U.S. military veterans and Gold Star families now have free access to national parks, wildlife refuges and other federal lands used for hunting and recreation, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced Tuesday. “With the utmost respect and gratitude, we are granting veterans and Gold Star families free access to the iconic and treasured lands they fought to protect starting this Veterans Day and every single day thereafter,” Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said in a news release. Gold Star families are those whose relatives have died in a conflict while serving in the armed forces. Active-duty service members and their

Big news for Montana veterans. On November 10, Senator Daines’ bipartisan bill, the “Accelerating Veterans Recovery Outdoors Act,” passed the U.S. Senate and is headed to the president’s desk to be signed into law. Daines’ bill promotes outdoor veteran recovery programs and helps expand outdoor recreational opportunities for veterans on public lands. “In Montana, we know how important our outdoor heritage is to our Montana way of life,” Daines said. “That’s why I’m glad to see the Senate pass my bipartisan bill to help ensure Montana veterans are able to take full advantage of our outdoors as they recover from

U.S. Senator Steve Daines has announced that the Department of the Interior will grant Montana veterans and Gold Star Families free access to national parks and other public lands starting Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2020. “Montana veterans and Gold Star Families have given so much defending our freedom. I’m thankful to the Trump administration and Secretary Bernhardt for granting free admission to our national parks and public lands for our nation’s heroes and Gold Star Families,” Daines said. Earlier this year, Daines introduced bipartisan legislation to provide Gold Star Families free admission into national parks and other federal public lands.

The Department of the Interior is granting veterans and Gold Star families free access to national parks and other public lands starting Nov. 11, 2020. Gold Star families were added to free admission to parks under legislation introduced by Sen. Steve Daines earlier this year. Gold Star families are those who are next of kin to a member of the U.S. Armed Forces who lost their lives in a qualifying situation, such as war, international terrorist attack, or military operations outside of the United States. Department of the Interior has also recently waived entrance fees to national parks, wildlife refuges

The Department of the Interior is granting veterans and Gold Star families free access to national parks and other public lands starting Nov. 11, 2020. Gold Star families were added to free admission to parks under legislation introduced by Sen. Steve Daines earlier this year. Gold Star families are those who are next of kin to a member of the U.S. Armed Forces who lost their lives in a qualifying situation, such as war, international terrorist attack, or military operations outside of the United States. Department of the Interior has also recently waived entrance fees to national parks, wildlife refuges