Permanent LWCF Funding Part of Clinton's Budget.(Land and Water Conservation Fund)(Brief Article)

National Parks, May, 2000 by DAERR, ELIZABETH G.

Budget proposal includes increases for major land acquisition.

WASHINGTON, D.C.--President Clinton has proposed more than $2 billion for the National Park Service's fiscal year 2001 budget, increasing the available funds for natural resource protection, land acquisition, and cultural resource preservation. The parks' operating budget, which addresses operations and resource management, would increase by $93 million to $1.4 billion.

A major component of the budget proposal is $317 million to fund the president's Lands Legacy initiative, which provides money for federal, state, and local efforts to protect wildlife, preserve coastal wetlands and farmlands, and expand urban green spaces across the country. Of that, $147 million would be used for federal...

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