NRPA’s Thanksgiving message list 10 reasons to be thankful for parks and recreation. They are listed below for your benefit and to forward to others as you wish !! So here are the 10 reasons why we are thankful for parks and recreation this year and every year. 1. Parks and recreation allow us to become healthy and stay […]
Here are some reasons that parks are important to our communities and especially how they can support the growth and quality of life in our cities. One more reason an urban component of the LWCF is so much of a priority and needed in the re-authorization of LWCF. Parks: One of the Most Important Ingredients […]
Nearly half the states now have their LWCF projects incorporated into the pilot project for Atlas. Atlas is a proposed partnership between NASORLO, a non profit Green group and the USGS to develop a retrievable set of information on all protected areas in the nation and all state funded LWCF sites. If you go to […]
Discussion in DC in March and subsequent deliberations on the Hill have made it clear that the massive PILT program ( 425 + million a year ) will be a factor in the negotiations to pass a reauthorized LWCF. See the following articles.. County payments eat hole in Interior-EPA bill, possibly sapping key programs – Tuesday, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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), […]
National Park Service Announces the Availability of $3 Million in Grants for Outdoor Recreation in Cities WASHINGTON – National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis today announced the availability of $3 million in grants from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for a new “Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership” program. These funds will help acquire and/or […]
NPS announces a new effort to diversify the brand of the National Park Service to include identification of a national system of parks and historic places. This new effort will focus more attention on the ” Service ” aspect of NPS. National Park Service Announces Public Engagement Campaign as Centerpiece of 2016 Centennial National Park […]
The following is the Executive Summary of a 20 year old NPS assessment of the State Grants and UPARR program. It lists recommendations, not implemented, which are as relevant today as it was in 1994. These are the issues the Stateside Coalition is currently working on.. Provided for your information and consideration. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BACKGROUND: […]
