Outdoor Industry Association Executive Director Amy Roberts leading renewed advocacy push to highlight importance of recreation Roberts After two decades, the Outdoor Industry Association is pulling a popular trade show from Salt Lake City, and the group isn't leaving quietly. OIA announced in February it would urge the owner of the biannual Outdoor Retailer trade show to leave Utah after state lawmakers wouldn't agree to halt efforts to roll back federal protections for public lands. The association is the title sponsor of the show, so the decision sealed the event's fate. The final Outdoor Retailer trade show in Utah will be held July 26-29, and OIA plans to mark the… Read More