Eric In The News
As an entrepreneur, the founder of onX, and an active advocate for preserving and creating outdoor recreation opportunities, Eric has been featured in several news stories.
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Millenial Magazine
Millennial Magazine, an outlet that discusses the impact and stories of entrepreneurs and cultural influencers, interviewed Eric about his vision as an entrepreneur, his motivations for creating a comprehensive database of land ownership, the benefits of onX, and more.
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MeatEater
Eric joined Steven Rinella and Janis Putelis of the MeatEater crew, along with Matt Seidel and Zach Sandau of onX, to talk elk and prairie dog hunting, the history of GPS, onX features, helping others get outdoors, and more.
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The New York Times
The New York Times explored Eric’s efforts to create onX, including his time gathering county, state and federal maps to input the data onto a microchip, and how the app helps millions of outdoor enthusiasts identify and explore public lands. It also highlights Eric’s work with onX and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership to identify landlocked public lands.
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GearJunkie
A film presented by onX brought attention to a patch of landlocked public land in Montana and followed Eric and Joel Webster of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership as they identified, explores, hunted and documented the area. GearJunkie ensured its audience was aware of these efforts by featuring the video on its website.
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New York Times
The New York Times explored the fact that more than 500,000 acres of public land in California are inaccessible to the public. The outlet states that the onX features Eric created, in addition to the partnership between onX and Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, lead to the discovery of the inaccessible public land.
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Missoula Current
Eric’s efforts to create a complete, nationwide and GPS-accurate dataset of landownership are highlighted by the Missoula Current in a report about more than 6 million acres of public land that is landlocked across 11 Western states, including more than 1 million acres in Montana.
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The Washington Times
The Washington Times shared a story of onX and its growth from a dataset on a microchip to a mobile app that helps millions of users discover outdoor recreation in the U.S. It highlighted Eric’s early vision for the company and its rapid growth.
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onX Celebrating 10 Years
As part of the celebration of its 10-year anniversary, onX sat down with Eric to discuss the creation of the company, Eric’s passion to help others discover outdoor recreation, the growth of onX, and more.
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RMEF Conservationist Of The Year
n 2021, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation named Eric the recipient of its RMEF Conservationist of the Year Award. The organization cited Eric’s passion for improving access to public lands, his longtime commitment to the RMEF, and the ongoing partnership between onX and the RMEF among his contributing qualifications for the award.