Texas and California Press Releases related to the new National Competitive Grants Program

Here are two examples of how to promote applications for the new Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership program of the NPS( the 3 million dollar national competitive grants program ).  Listed below for your consideration and use. New National Program Guidelines California TXOutdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program   Doug Eiken Exec. Dir.  

Salt Lake City Mayor, cites the benefits of a reauthorized LWCF with grants for communities

Op-ed: Renew conservation fund, Congress, for all of us Editorial By Ralph Becker, Mayor of Salt Lake City, UT in the Salt Lake City Tribune, June 27th, 2014 There’s not a lot that politicians in Washington seem to agree on these days. From health care to foreign policy to immigration reform, just finding consensus in […]

City Park Alliance Praises Mayors for LWCF support

CPA Praises Mayors for Passage of New Resolution for the Land and Water Conservation Fund and Urban Parks Bipartisan resolution at U.S. Conference of Mayors urges Congress to renew key parks funding set to expire in 2015 Dallas, TX – The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) today approved a new resolution that supports reauthorization and […]

Nation’s Mayors Endorse LWCF reauthorization for local community grants

Mayors from across the country unanimously passed a resolution this week supporting new public parks and outdoor recreation programs to promote healthy urban areas and combat childhood obesity. The bipartisan resolution adopted at the annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors supports full funding and reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), […]