ORLP Webinar Link on March 12
Here is the link to sign up for the ORLP Webinar on March 12th.. https://cityparksalliance.org/event/funding-opportunity-available-outdoor-recreation-legacy-partnership-grants/
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Northeast Region LWCF workshop, March 26, 2020
The NASORLO NE Region is offering a one day LWCF grant administration training in Albany, NY on March 26, 2020. See the following flyer for detailed information. They invite you to join your peers from other NE Region states and representatives of the National Association of State Outdoor Recreation Liaison Officers (NASORLO) at this inaugural […]
2021Administration Budget for LWCF
Newly released federal budget negatively impacts LWCF and the NPS.. http://weather.com/news/news/2020-02-11-new-budget-proposal-threatens-national-parks-land-water-conservation-fund
ORLP for 2020 Announced
State Partners Thet 4th call for proposals for the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program was posted into Grants.gov on Friday January 31, 2020. The Opportunity Number is P20AS00029 and can be found at the following link https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=orlp. The goal of the program is to support acquisition and/or development grant projects that create or reinvigorate […]
Outdoor Trends are Troubling.
Outdoor Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Outdoor Industry Association, just released its 2019 Outdoor Participation Report. It tracks trends in recreation over the previous year. People still are getting outdoors. The report points out a “modest” 1.4% increase in participation between 2016 and ’18. The gender gap shrank, too, as more women went outside. […]
11.7 Million in LWCF Urban Parks Grants Announced
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 12/27/2019 Contact: newsmedia@nps.gov National Park Service Announces Grants for New Park Development and Improvement Projects in 18 Cities WASHINGTON – The National Park Service today announced the selection of Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) program grants for projects to develop brand new or improve existing parks in 18 economically disadvantaged urbanized areas in 16 states. […]
2019 Annual Conference – Presentations and information Archived for you
The following is archived information from the 2019 Annual Conference in Reno. Highlights of our conference…. We had 35 States and one Territory represented and 60 people registered for the meeting.. See the final program below, plus materials printed for the meeting and presentations from the 4 days of meetings. NPS Overview of LWCF.. […]
Senate Panel Votes to Approve Full and Mandatory Funding for LWCF ! 11-19-19
A Senate panel this morning approved legislation to provide permanent funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, reform offshore drilling revenue sharing and tackle the multibillion-dollar backlog in national parks. The panel voted 13-7 to advance the LWCF bill, which would provide full, permanent funding for LWCF at its current annual authorized level of […]
Senator encourages legislative action on LWCF
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee should first move legislation to provide mandatory funding for a popular conservation program, and then advance another bipartisan bill to help reduce the multibillion-dollar maintenance backlog in national parks, a top Republican said yesterday. “The better way to have success with those bills is to do again what […]
How America’s lands became common ground; the journey for passage of the John D. Dingell Conservation, Management and Recreation Act of 2019
This is a comprehensive summary of what it took to pass this major lands bill…… On March 12, President Donald Trump signed into law the largest land conservation legislation in a decade. But it almost didn’t happen. Finally poised for congressional votes in late 2018 after intense negotiations, the legislation—which affects large swaths of the American […]
