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"I have been lucky enough to make a career of facilitating outdoor recreation, primarily as a fly fishing guide. As a guide, water quality and overall quality of the environment is of paramount importance. Trout is the species of fish that we target most often, and trout require the cleanest and coldest water to thrive. Therefore, if the quality of the environment decreases, my profession and salary will decrease as well. I support full funding of the LWCF to ensure continued protection of the environment around sensitive trout streams and across North Carolina."
- Tim Holcomb, forester
Western North Carolina,
Fishing Guide
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- December 17, 2011 Conservation, Business and Sportsmen Groups Applaud Congressional Efforts to Protect LWCF Funding in FY12 Budget
- July 25, 2011- New Bipartisan Poll Shows Overwhelming Support Across America for Land and Water Conservation Fund
- July 13, 2011- National Bipartisan Poll Memo
- May 31, 2011- Over One-Third of the U.S. House of Representatives Sign Letter Supporting Funding for LWCF
- April 14, 2011- Conrad Anchor Testimony Release
- December 20, 2010 - Senate Urged to Join House and Pass Bill with Full Funding for Conservation Program »
- August 3, 2010 - Senate Urged to Join House and Pass Bill with Full Funding for Conservation Program »
- July 15, 2010 - House Committee Passes Bill Securing Funding for Conservation and Recreation Program »
- April 16, 2010 - America's Great Outdoors Conference Focuses on Need for Vital Land, Recreation Funding »
- February 1, 2010 - Obama's Budget Includes Key Funding for Land & Water »
- November 6, 2009 - Senate Bill Would Fulfill Longstanding Promise for Conservation and Recreation Program »
- September 17 , 2009 - Coalition Supports Conservation at House Hearing »
The Salt Lake Tribune
World-class public lands
July 29, 2010 12:01AM
Every day, visitors from all over the country leave Utah with a special glow, and it’s not just from the red dirt or sunburn! It is the rejuvenating experiences they have had visiting Utah’s world-class public lands. Those of us in Utah’s tourism industry who make these experiences possible are reminded every day that protecting Utah’s natural assets also protects Utah’s economy.
That is the message I will deliver on Aug. 3 at the America’s Great Outdoors listening session in Salt Lake City. Leaders like Interior Secretary Ken Salazar need to know that places like Canyonlands and Arches national parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments are enormous economic assets. Southeast Utah’s national parks alone support 2,500 jobs and deliver about $100 million in out-of-state visitor spending every year.
Our leaders need to hear that we support special protections for Utah’s natural heritage and full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which provides resources for new conservation efforts as well as recreational infrastructure on existing public lands.
Utah’s federal lands are integral to the life we all love here in Utah and to our increasingly important recreation economy.
Ashley Korenblat President, Western Spirit Cycling
Moab
© 2010 The Salt Lake Tribune
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