National Public Lands Day (September 27, 2008) Public lands offer a variety of fishing and boating opportunities. National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands Americans enjoy. In 2007, 110,000 volunteers built trails and bridges, planted trees and plants, and removed trash and invasive plants. Join others on Saturday, September 27, 2008, for the 15th annual National Public Lands Day and help care for our land.

Triple-A Baseball Take Me Fishing™ partners with Minor League Baseball during the Spring/Summer season to give fans at parks around the country the opportunity to win prizes! The promotion kicks off at each team’s season opener in April and takes place during every weekend game.

National Fishing and Boating Week (June 6–14, 2009) National Fishing and Boating Week (NFBW) is an annual, national celebration of fishing and boating coordinated by RBFF.  Coinciding with most state’s free fishing days, NFBW occurs the first full week of June.  Search for NFBW events in your community.

National Get Outdoors Day offers events held across the nation to help all Americans - especially American families with children - discover opportunities for healthy fun. National Get Outdoors Day sites will be open to the the general public, with a special outreach to local community segments that currently benefit less from the use of public lands and waters. Each National Get Outdoors Day event has a mix of information centers and "active fun" areas - places where guests, and especially kids, can use a fishing pole, go geocaching, help pitch a tent and more.

National Marina Day focuses specifically on two central themes: the important role marinas play as safe, family-friendly gateways to boating and the invaluable service marina operators and owners perform as stewards of the environment.  Learn more about this event and how you can get involved.

Take Pride in America is a national partnership established by the U.S. Department of the Interior that aims to engage, support and recognize volunteers who work to improve our public parks, forests, grasslands, wildlife refuges, cultural and historical sites, local playgrounds, and other recreation areas. Together we protect and enhance the special legacy all Americans share—our public lands that cover more than one in every three acres across the nation.

American Rivers is a conservation organization dedicated to protecting and restoring healthy natural rivers and the variety of life they sustain for people, fish and wildlife. They deliver innovative solutions to improve river health, raise awareness among decision-makers and the public, and serve and mobilize the river conservation movement.