A victory for conservation may be imminent. Congress looks poised to pass a bill that will provide stable annual spending streams from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) for the foreseeable future. If the bill passes, the entire $900 million that goes into the fund each year, most of it from offshore oil and gas lease […]
One day after President Trump tweeted his support, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is expected to take steps today to bring to the floor legislation that would permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund and address the national parks maintenance backlog, senators said. McConnell will move to bypass the Energy and Natural Resources […]
March 4, 2020 After a dizzying series of announcements in a 24-hour window, two critical, long-sought components of public lands funding are closer to becoming a reality. On Tuesday, via Twitter, President Trump called for congress to send him a bill that would provide full and permanent funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which allocates […]
Here is the latest.. from Alex Schaefer of TPL Last night we heard that the overall support in the Senate and the momentum from the last few weeks has paved the way for a new stand-alone package that will include full funding for LWCF and Restore America’s Parks Act (ROPA – S.500). The new joint […]
Here is the link to sign up for the ORLP Webinar on March 12th.. https://cityparksalliance.org/event/funding-opportunity-available-outdoor-recreation-legacy-partnership-grants/
The NASORLO NE Region is offering a one day LWCF grant administration training in Albany, NY on March 26, 2020. See the following flyer for detailed information. They invite you to join your peers from other NE Region states and representatives of the National Association of State Outdoor Recreation Liaison Officers (NASORLO) at this inaugural […]
State Partners Thet 4th call for proposals for the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program was posted into Grants.gov on Friday January 31, 2020. The Opportunity Number is P20AS00029 and can be found at the following link https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=orlp. The goal of the program is to support acquisition and/or development grant projects that create or reinvigorate […]
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. […]
The following is archived information from the 2019 Annual Conference in Reno. Highlights of our conference…. We had 35 States and one Territory represented and 60 people registered for the meeting.. See the final program below, plus materials printed for the meeting and presentations from the 4 days of meetings. NPS Overview of LWCF.. […]
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 […]
