From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Good news! Congress just passed the Great American Outdoors Act, which will fully and permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). With this vote, we’re one step closer to the biggest conservation win in a generation, … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): As early as this week, the U.S. House of Representatives will be voting on a bill that will help preserve Pennsylvania’s greatest outdoor places as well as our great national parks, wildlife refuges, and more. The Great … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Have you ever enjoyed an afternoon in a national park, state park or even neighborhood park? Of course you have — but our parks are being undervalued in Congress, and they aren’t getting the funding they deserve. … Continued
From the Evangelical Environmental Network (http://www.creationcare.org): Great news! A bipartisan group of Senators recently introduced the Great American Outdoors Act — an important bill that would address the growing National Park Service deferred maintenance backlog and provide full, permanent funding for the … Continued
From Clean Water Action (http://www.cleanwateraction.org/): Right now, Congress is working on the next federal budget and we have a chance to secure full and permanent funding for LWCF. But our representatives are saying they haven’t heard from enough people that … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): We’re burning through our planet’s resources at an unsustainable rate. A report released in August by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) examined the relationship between climate change and the way we use our land. Its … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): From Valley Forge to the Delaware Water Gap, so many of Pennsylvania’s — and our country’s — most treasured places have benefited from America’s most successful conservation and recreation program: the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). Back in September, Congress let … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-02-21/public-lands-wilderness/conservation-fund-moving-toward-permanent-reauthorization/a65609-1 February 21, 2019 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Pennsylvania sites such as Valley Forge and the Flight 93 Memorial have benefited from LWCF funding. (Jade0626/Pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. – A package … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Gettysburg, Valley Forge, the Flight 93 Memorial, and the Delaware Water Gap were all protected by the same landmark conservation fund. And yet, in September, Congress let the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) lapse, putting critical … Continued
Posted at http://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2018/12/congress-failed-to-renew-federal-land.html The U.S. Senate passed a measure December 19 to keep the federal government funded until February, but failed to include a public lands package that would have reauthorized the Land and Water Conservation Fund in that bill. … Continued