For the past 15 years, Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative (OAI) has contributed $5 million to more than 450 projects around the nation supporting safe, responsible access to public land for outdoor recreation. In addition to highlighting the Q1 2023 grant recipients, Yamaha is celebrating receiving the 2023 Corporate Stewardship Award from the Public Lands Alliance for 2023. "Yamaha is honored to accept the Public Lands Alliance’s Corporate Stewardship Award, which acknowledged the success of the Outdoor Access Initiative in promoting and defending access to public lands for motorized and outdoor recreation," says Steve Nessl, Yamaha’s motorsports marketing manager.
The Public Lands Alliance has worked to foster and advance its members of nonprofit partners of America’s public lands since 1977. Nominated by the Chattahoochee Oconee National Forest, Yamaha Motor Corp., USA, received the Public Lands Alliance’s 2023 Corporate Stewardship Award, which recognizes a company that demonstrates exceptional achievement to enhance the quality of the visitor experience in America’s public lands.
Not ones to rest on their laurels, the tuning forks folks announced the Q1 OAI grant recipients, with All Kids Bike getting $100,000. “Part of the Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative’s mission is to protect the future of outdoor recreation for everyone, as well as have them experiencing and appreciating it, so it was great to grant multiple applications this quarter that focused on getting kids active and outdoors," notes Nessl. In addition, the California Outdoor Recreation Foundation receives funding for its OHV safety and education experience at the Hollister Hills SVR as part of the California State Parks Adventure Pass program for 4th-graders. To ensure a safe riding experience at the Corral Canyon kids’ OHV riding area on the Cleveland National Forest, the San Diego Off-Road Coalition will use its Yamaha OAI grant to purchase rice haybales for creating a track boundary.
Yamaha awarded 13 grants for Q1 of 2023, totaling more than $288,000 in funding to the following organizations:
The Alliance for Florida's National Parks
Natural Restorations (Arizona)
California Outdoor Recreation Foundation
Pel-Cho Muddnutz ATV/UTV Club (Wisconsin)
Colorado Motorcycle Trail Riders Associations
Post Wildfire OHV Recovery Alliance (California)
Crested Butte Avalanche Center (Colorado)
San Diego Off-Road Coalition
Day Mountain Road Association (Maine)
Strider Education Foundation (National)
East Branch Sno-Rovers & ATV (Maine)
Western Trails Conservancy (Idaho)
Friends of the Flathead Avalanche Center (Montana)
The deadline to apply for consideration in the 2nd quarter funding cycle is June 30, 2023. OHV riding clubs, land stewardship and related outdoor recreation organization with nonprofit status are encouraged to visit:
YamahaOAI.com