- February 13, 2012 Coalition Applauds President's Continued Support for Conservation Fund
- 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 »
Economists & Academics Tell Obama to Protect Land & Water Conservation Fund From the Land and Water Conservation Fund Coalition:
DC—In a letter to President Obama, more than 100 economists and academics in related disciplines today issued a strong call for the President to “create jobs and support businesses by investing in our public lands infrastructure and establishing new protected areas such as parks, wilderness, and monuments.”
Members of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Coalition hailed the economists’ letter, noting that full funding of LWCF, as the chief tool for acquiring priority lands for the public at the federal, state and local levels, is critical to the economic health of communities across the U.S.
Even though it is funded by revenues from offshore oil and gas drilling, and uses no taxpayer dollars, the LWCF could be in jeopardy as Congress looks for new ways to cut federal spending.
“Active, outdoor recreation supports $289 billion in annual retail sales and services and supports more than 6.5 million sustainable, American jobs,”
“Our nation’s network of federal-to-local parks, forests, rivers, lakes and trails is at the heart of this growing industry.”
“Protecting land isn’t just good for our children and our future, it’s good for our economy,” said Will Rogers, President of The Trust for Public Land.
“As these economic experts—and our own studies— have shown, investments in land conservation return far more dollars than they cost. We strongly support the administration’s efforts on behalf of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and other vital conservation programs.”
“The Land and Water connservation Fund is our premier tool for protecting wilderness lands, parks, and forests,” said Bill Meadows, President of The Wilderness Society. “It would be a tragedy if Congress were to sacrifice a program that provides so many economic benefits to so many Americans. LWCF needs to be strengthened, not cut.”
The LWCF Coalition comprises conservation, recreation, business, and sportsmen’s groups working together to support the LWCF program in order to meet America’s conservation and recreation needs in the 21st century. For more information on LWCF and the places in each state that have been protected using LWCF funds, visit www.lwcfcoalition.org.