Alan Rowsome, director of conservation funding, gave testimony before the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee. This is one of the committees that determine the annual budgets for National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, and other wild lands.
With budget crises like the ones that Washington keeps facing, investing in conservation continues to be a difficult task, and programs for the great outdoors have already been cut.
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are pushing for the bill as a necessary step towards restoring areas that were catastrophically damaged by the hurricane.
The Wilderness Society has prepared a fact sheet on 2013 priority land acquisition projects as part of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and Forest Legacy programs.
When government funding exists for important conservation projects, there’s a better chance that wilderness will be protected, studied and managed well.
Memorial Day weekend is here! Summer vacation starts now, and for many Americans (and certainly people reading this) that means getting outdoors and into nature.
As Congress debates funding for conservation programs this week, wilderness lovers should know that some members have launched an unprecedented assault on our wild places and natural resources.
