GOP pushing for changes in LWCF ! Stateside is mentioned as a priority..

The following is the beginning of an extensive article on discussion in the Senate and House about the re-authorization of LWCF.  The full article is available by clicking the link after the opening paragraphs..

Key issues.. The new Congress wants change in the program.  The state program is mentioned as being underfunded or prioritized.  The conservation groups do not understand the needs of the state program and want to reauthorize it without ensuring states get their share restored ( as was the original intent of LWCF ) and as is currently required for the federal side of the program.  NASORLO and our supporters are working hard right now to provide information to Congress, as requested…Things are heating up on the Hill related to LWCF.. Keep you posted… Ed. comment..

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Republicans are signaling the changes they want to a landmark federal conservation program that must be reauthorized before the year ends.

GOP lawmakers want states to get more control of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a 50-year-old program that is funded by offshore oil-and-gas drilling royalties. That’s a shot at environmental groups and Democrats who want to see the program maintained in its current form. The program is used for building easements, maintaining Civil War battlefields and restoring wetlands.

The drama is already playing out on Capitol Hill.

For the entire article.. click or paste the following..

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/gop-pushing-changes-to-conservation-fund/article/2560431