Almost half of Americans don’t venture outdoors to play according to Outdoor Foundation’s 2019 Outdoor Participation Report. The report showed that while a bit more than half of Americans went outside to play at least once in 2018, nearly half did not go outside for recreation at all.

Americans went on 1 billion fewer outdoor outings in 2018 than they did in 2008. The number of adolescents ages 6 to 12 who recreate outdoors has fallen four years in a row, dropping more than 3% since 2007. 

The number of outings for kids has fallen 15% since 2012. The number of moderate outdoor recreation participants declined, and only 18% of Americans played outside at least once a week. 

Jason Blevins, writing in the Colorado Sun sounds a sober warning that ‘we are becoming an inside nation.’ >Read More