The National Survey on Recreation and the Environment (NSRE) involves the Forest Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Coast Guard, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, other Federal agencies, the National Association of Recreation Resource Planners, 25 State planning agencies, the University of Georgia, and the University of Tennessee. NSRE, a nationwide survey, is viewed as the Nation's authoritative source for outdoor recreation and environmental values information. The National Kids Survey (NKS), a companion survey to the NSRE, focuses on youth 6 to 19 years old. The NKS fills a void in outdoor recreation research by identifying patterns in how America's youth spends its time outdoors and what outdoor activities it engages in. The partnerships behind this history of national surveys, and behind the two most recent surveys, have been highly effective and have provided timely information for guiding National and State policies and legislation.