Welcome
Welcome to the home page of the National Association of State Outdoor Recreation Liaison Officers. NASORLO is an organization that represents the states and territories and is a liaison to the National Park Service in the administration of the Land and Water Conservation Fund in funding outdoor recreation at the state and local government level. The LWCF is intended to create and maintain a nationwide legacy of high quality recreation areas and facilities and to stimulate non-federal investments in the protection and maintenance of recreation resources across the United States. For information on the organizational history of NASORLO go to: https://www.nasorlo.org/the-organizational-history-of-nasorlo/
Our Mission: We are the primary advocate for the State Assistance program of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. We do this through providing information, training, collecting data and preparing reports for use by the Department of Interior, Congress, our members, partners and communities who benefit from this program.
Who We Are
We are the stewards of the Land and Water Conservation Fund in your state, the District of Columbia or US Territory. NASORLO members are appointed by governors to manage the LWCF state and local grant program. For more information about us go to our history.
Our Work
We guide the expenditure of LWCF investments through outdoor recreation grants assuring those funds result in the greatest outdoor recreation experiences in your community, state and territory. We ensure that these outdoor recreation assets remain intact and forever available to the public for your use and enjoyment. Our Mission is to ensure the LWCF grants, combined with the required matching dollars, are spent where people need outdoor recreation access and availability.
Advocacy
NASORLO is the primary advocate for, and the key organization representing all states and territories, that facilitated the permanent re-authorization of LWCF in 2019. We supported and received an equitable distribution of 40% of the total LWCF funds for state. territorial and local governments outdoor recreation projects in close to home locations. Even though not every citizen can have easy access to a National Park but through LWCF state assistance our goal is to ensure every citizen convenient access to a local or state park .
