March 19, 2020. The Seattle Times editorial board As Congress provides economic support amid the coronavirus pandemic, it should also fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund and a backlog of National Parks maintenance work. Before the virus crisis spread in the U.S., Congress was moving toward fully funding these programs to support outdoor […]
Alexandra Lange is the architecture critic at Curbed magazine. ” People often see parks as a destination for something specific, like soccer fields, barbecues or playgrounds, and all of those functions must now be avoided. But that doesn’t make the parks any less valuable. I’m sheltering in place in Brooklyn with my family, and every […]
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 […]
Newly released federal budget negatively impacts LWCF and the NPS.. http://weather.com/news/news/2020-02-11-new-budget-proposal-threatens-national-parks-land-water-conservation-fund
Outdoor Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Outdoor Industry Association, just released its 2019 Outdoor Participation Report. It tracks trends in recreation over the previous year. People still are getting outdoors. The report points out a “modest” 1.4% increase in participation between 2016 and ’18. The gender gap shrank, too, as more women went outside. […]
