land and water conservation fund
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Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes grows with land roamed by bison
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Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is now bigger. That’s thanks to the transfer of 9,362 acres of surrounding ranch land, as recently celebrated by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and National Park Service Director Chuck Sams during a visit to the San Luis Valley. The Nature Conservancy sold the large portion…
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Gardner gets agreement on vote for conservation-fund reauthorization
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WASHINGTON — Congress headed for adjournment without taking action on renewing the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, but U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said Thursday he has worked out an agreement with Senate leadership to introduce and vote on legislation next month to reauthorize the fund. The fund directs federal revenue from offshore oil and…
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Senate panel advances revival of conservation fund
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Now that the Sept. 30 deadline has come and gone for renewal of the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), the Senate is taking another shot at finding a way to get the program back on track. On Tuesday the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources amended a bill that would fully fund…
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Federal parks fund dies, but hope is strong in Colorado
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The federal Land and Water Conservation Fund that’s put $268 million into more than 1,000 Colorado projects expired over the weekend, but Mountain West advocates are hopeful it will have another life. The $900 million program was slashed this year by the Trump administration and failed to get reauthorized by the Sept. 30 deadline. The…
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Clock’s running out on farm bill, conservation fund. Now what?
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The current farm bill expires on Sunday, and without a Hail Mary pass by Congress, there’s no chance of the 2018 version landing on President Donald Trump’s desk by then. The same is true for permanent reauthorization and full funding of the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, which helps pay for land conservation and…
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Gardner: Progress on BLM move, farm bill and ‘we won’t give up’ on LWCF
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Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Yuma on Saturday updated members of the West Slope advocacy group Club 20 efforts to make Grand Junction the next home of the federal Bureau of Land Management. He also spoke to Colorado Politics about the efforts to renew the Land and Water Conservation Fund (hopeful) and the status of…
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Western businesses speak up about preserving federal outdoors money
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Business groups in four Western states, including Colorado, are speaking up in defense of a soon-to-expire federal financial support for public lands, historical sites and outdoor recreation. An alliance of business groups in Colorado, Montana, Nevada and New Mexico said the Land and Water Conservation Fund helps fuel their outdoor economies. They released a poll…
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THE PODIUM | Let’s reauthorize the crown jewel of conservation programs
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Last week I joined fellow community members, park staff and elected officials at our stunning Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park to celebrate the addition of 2,494 acres to the park. The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), one of America’s best and oldest conservation programs, made this possible. And yet, despite the program’s…
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IN RESPONSE | Federal fund gave us many of our outdoor play spaces
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Colorado Politics’ recent articles highlighting the importance of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and clarifying which members of our congressional delegation are committed to saving this endangered program have listed some of the areas the LWCF has supported including Colorado’s national parks and monuments. Those superstar sites are vital, but as families head into…
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Which Colo. lawmakers signed onto conservation-fund letter — and which didn’t?
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U.S. Rep. Jared Polis of Boulder and three other members of Colorado’s House delegation have signed onto the latest effort to urge Congressional leaders to find a way to permanently reauthorize and fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). But missing from the letter: the only Republican in Colorado’s House delegation – U.S.…
