The Benefits of Outdoor Recreation Outdoor recreation provides personal, social, environmental, community, educational, and economic benefits to Wisconsin citizens. While the benefits of recreation have long been known, recent research and understanding of these benefits clarifies the many positive effects of outdoor recreation.
Outdoor recreation contributes to people's overall well-being and good health.
Encouraging youth involvement in outdoor recreation is a fundamental step in promoting an active, healthy population. Social benefits People come together around outdoor recreation to develop skills and learn new things. Besides building new relationships between people and organizations, outdoor recreation helps build family and community unity. And it helps people meet new friends, learn teamwork and communication skills. In communities where services exist for outdoor recreation, positive impacts are evident throughout the community.