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NPS Requests input on Conversions and Post Compliance Actions

Note the following and time sensitive request to NASORLO members !!! The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) is looking forward to the next fifty years of the program. We recognize program proficiency exists at several levels from our Program/Grants Officers to our State Partners and Colleagues.  We want to make positive strides by broadening […]

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2016 Fiscal Summary and 2017 NASORLO approved budget.

Here is the current fiscal information from NASORLO.  We finished the year with a surplus, due to unanticipated sponsorship revenue from our 2016 Annual Conference in Detroit and fewer travel expenses related to the fact both our Pres. and Vice President lived closely to DC and could attend meetings from those areas without airfare.  This […]

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Campaign to make LWCF permanent cranked up ( in new Congress )

The politics are complicated but Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) took a first step January 12 toward permanent authorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).  The law is presently authorized through September 30, 2018.  Legislation to make LWCF permanent almost made it over the finish line in December in an omnibus energy bill.  But […]

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NPS Changes Small Conversions requirements January 2017

The following describes the liberalization of the small conversions policy of the NPS.  This was one of the first priorities of the NASORLO – NPS Modernization Committee.. fyi small-conversions-nps2017_3_1-slo-memo-for-chapter-8-ef-changes-1 small-conversions-npsb_2017_01_03-chapter-8-e-9-small-conversion final_2017_01_03-chapter-8-f-underground-infrastructure-1

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NASORLO has successful annual meeting in Detroit !!

DNR’s urban outdoor recreation efforts touted Michigan has long been known for its natural resources management, and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has long been a leader, nationally, in game and fish management. But now, the DNR is being lauded for something completely different: urban outdoor recreation. Detroit recently hosted the annual convention of […]

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Clinton and Trump Outdoor Priorities

Trump, Clinton hold different outdoor policy priorities   As the Presidential election heats up, the two leading candidates continue to lay out starkly different approaches to park and recreation issues. Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton disagree particularly on uses of federal lands. Trump has made clear in speeches, in position papers and […]