2016 ORLPP – Of the 55 project submitted last summer 36 were recently deemed eligible for scoring. A panel is being selected to review them. Bottom line.. it will be awhile before announcements of the final approvals and before projects can begin. 2017 Budget – The Senate version has 110 m for state grants and […]
Note the following and time sensitive request to NASORLO members !!! The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) is looking forward to the next fifty years of the program. We recognize program proficiency exists at several levels from our Program/Grants Officers to our State Partners and Colleagues. We want to make positive strides by broadening […]
Here is a video clip of Senator Lamar Alexander commenting during the DOI Interior Secretary hearing and promoting state and local grants while suggesting a new Commission on the Outdoors might be a possibility.. Go to.. https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4648573/commission-americans-outdoors
Here is the current fiscal information from NASORLO. We finished the year with a surplus, due to unanticipated sponsorship revenue from our 2016 Annual Conference in Detroit and fewer travel expenses related to the fact both our Pres. and Vice President lived closely to DC and could attend meetings from those areas without airfare. This […]
Here is a copy of the letter from President Imgrund to Sec. Jewell requesting action on the 2016 ORLPP grant awards..fyi.. DOI Letter on ORLPP – Jan 2017
The politics are complicated but Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) took a first step January 12 toward permanent authorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). The law is presently authorized through September 30, 2018. Legislation to make LWCF permanent almost made it over the finish line in December in an omnibus energy bill. But […]
The following describes the liberalization of the small conversions policy of the NPS. This was one of the first priorities of the NASORLO – NPS Modernization Committee.. fyi small-conversions-nps2017_3_1-slo-memo-for-chapter-8-ef-changes-1 small-conversions-npsb_2017_01_03-chapter-8-e-9-small-conversion final_2017_01_03-chapter-8-f-underground-infrastructure-1
A new report sets out a three year plan to complete PAD-US (the Protected Areas Database of the U.S.), the official national spatial inventory of every public park and protected natural area in the United States. The report, Completing America’s Inventory of Public Parks and Protected Areas (November 2016), is available in summary and detailed […]
Here are three Resolutions approved by the membership at the 2016 Annual Meeting and approved by the Board. pad-us-resolution-sept-2016-1 lwcf-reauthorization-resolution-2016-signed nasorlo-position-on-urban-funding-december-2016
The following article and map from the Center for Western Priorities through an online GIS mapping service shows how National Parks have benefited from the federal LWCF land acquisition program. http://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=189380444a834ec69c45d834d9f29357
