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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
