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Accessibility Program Partners & Cooperators
The BLM is involved in several important partnerships that help improve public land recreational access for persons with disabilities. These specific partnerships are listed below. For more information on other public lands recreational partnerships, click here.
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Cascade Streamwatch (Wildwood Recreation Site – OR), a barrier-free project featuring this in-stream viewing window (above), was created and operates through a unique partnership with BLM and the nonprofit organization Wolftree, Inc. |
- Wilderness Inquiry (WI) – WI is a non-profit organization that provides accessibility training and designs and tests adaptive outdoor recreation equipment. BLM actively partners with WI to collaborate on projects to enhance access to outdoor recreation for people with disabilities.
- C.A.S.T. for Kids Foundation – C.AS.T. (“Catch a Special Thrill”) for Kids is a non-profit organization that strives to provide fishing opportunities for disabled and disadvantaged children. BLM partners with local agencies and sponsors C.A.S.T. fishing events for kids with disabilities and their families.
- National Center on Accessibility (NCA) – NCA provides information and technical assistance, conducts accessibility training courses, and conducts research and demonstration projects concerning access for persons with disabilities to park and recreation areas and programs. BLM partners with NCA to provide accessibility training to its Field Office staff.
Cooperating Organizations
- U.S. Access Board – BLM is an active member of the U.S. Access Board’s Federal Ad Hoc Committee on the Development of Guidelines for Developed Outdoor Recreation Areas.
- Beneficial Designs, Inc. – Beneficial Designs, Inc., works toward universal access in daily living, vocational, and leisure activities through research, design, and education. BLM Field staff has provided input to the group’s research efforts in many areas pertaining to access to outdoor recreation opportunities.
- Department of the Interior Coordinating Committee on Accessibility for People with Disabilities – BLM is an active member of the DOI Coordinating Committee on Accessibility for People with Disabilities.
DisabilityInfo.gov – is a collaborative effort among 22 federal agencies, including Department of the Interior. It is the Federal government’s one-stop Web site for people with disabilities, their families, employers, veterans and service members, workforce professionals, and many others.
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