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 […]
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 […]
We are facing a conservation crisis – it’s time to fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Article from The League of Conservation Voters, Oct. 3, 2019. See link below.. https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-environment/464291-we-are-facing-a-conservation-crisis-its-time-to-fully
The following documents convey the amounts and conditions under which the federal government conveys to the states outdoor recreation grants through the LWCF. It should be noted these amounts are 700% greater that those distributions in FY 2008. ( These funds are not automatically available on a year to year basis, but are subject to […]
Go to https://www.nps.gov/subjects/lwcf/statefundingstatus.htm To find LWCF allocations from FY 2002 through FY 20016.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt today announced $170,623,713 million in grants from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to all 50 States, five U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia for state-identified outdoor recreation and conservation projects. LWCF funds are non-taxpayer dollars derived from Outer Continental Shelf lease revenues and are […]
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are increasingly turning to energy revenues to fund a variety of projects. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement/Flickr Tackling the multibillion-dollar maintenance backlog at national parks. Boosting coastal resilience to rising sea levels. Creating new recreational opportunities for states and local governments.Support for all of these issues has grown […]
A Fund That Will Never Run Dry Some Republicans want to put another federal program on autopilot. The Editorial Board July 9, 2019 7:35 pm ET Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee voted in June to mandate permanents pending of $900 million a year for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The LWCF was […]
NASORLO Members: One of the key issues in our ” success ” in the re-authorizing of LWCF was restoring equity, or a 40% of the annual LWCF appropriations for state grants. However, Congress, in the appropriation process, always has the authority to “interpret” what 40% means, ignore it or change it. That is one of […]
Here is oral and President Imgrund’s written testimony at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on June 25th, 2019. Written Senate Testimony 6-25 Oral Testimony Outline NASORLOSenateENR625 (2)
