FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, LWCF HAS BEEN CALLED AMERICA’S MOST IMPORTANT TOOL IN CONSERVATION. BUT ALL THAT WAS SUBJECT TO CHANGE LAST SEPTEMBER WHEN AUTHORIZATION FOR THE FUND FACED THE LEGISLATIVE CHOPPING BLOCK. WHAT IS LWCF? In the early 1960’s, heightened awareness regarding the depletion of natural resources and the increasing need for public […]
New Legislation Provides $500 million Stimulus Funding for Urban Parks ( Administered by the states, territories and tribal governments ) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-Calif.), Michael Turner (R-Ohio) and Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) introduced a bipartisan bill to provide an historic one-time stimulus of $500 million for urban parks. Local parks are at […]
New Order Revokes Policy Actions That Undermined Bipartisan Conservation Program WASHINGTON — The Interior Department today took steps to strengthen the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) by rescinding Trump administration policies that significantly undermined the landmark conservation program. Secretarial Order 3396 revokes an order signed on November 9, 2020 (Secretarial Order 3388) that unilaterally imposed new […]
Sununu, Shaheen Seek Reversal Of Surprise Change To Conservation Grant Program By ANNIE ROPEIK • 13 HOURS AGO ShareTweetEmail A new sewer system for the strained Mount Washington State Park is among the projects that could be affected by a last-minute change to a major conservation grant program. MOUNT WASHINGTON AUTO ROAD Governor Chris Sununu and Sen. Jeanne […]
NASORLO’s position summarized as: ” Restore GAOA as enacted and fund it at levels approved for distribution from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for state, territorial and local outdoor recreation grants as defined in the FY 2021 Omnibus Appropriations Bill ” Here is some information, attachments and draft Gov. or elected official letter on […]
President Trump’s public lands legacy has been further complicated by a set of actions handed down by the Interior Department with less than 24 hours left to go in his tenure. Last night, on the eve of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, outgoing Interior Secretary David Bernhardt greenlit significant changes to the implementation of the Land […]
Here is the recent Secretary of Interior’s press release and links to the revised LWCF Manual. It is likely the new Administration will change both the apportionments and the LWCF Manual in the near future. Hopefully, the state funding will remain robust, as proposed below, and the new Interior Secretary will keep the key and […]
Attached is a copy of an email text transmitting the NASORLO priorities to the Biden Transition Team. We are asking them for consideration of key changes to the LWCF Manual and indicating how our 2021 priorities address the Biden platform. The specific letter of transmittal to the Biden Team is attached along with our requests […]
An article f rom High Country News In August, when President Donald Trump signed into passage the Great American Outdoors Act, Democrats warned that he was only doing so as a political favor for Colorado’s Cory Gardner and Montana’s Steve Daines, two vulnerable Western Republican senators who co-sponsored it in an attempt to keep their […]
Here is the latest SLO list as of 4-21-22. Note: Changes occur regularly, so it is not totally accurate, ( maybe 90% ) even at this late date.. fyi. SLOLIST-5.XLS-4-20-22
