ConservAmerica’s President Jeff Kupfer recently sent letters to key members of Congress on the importance of conservation programs like the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). The LWCF, which receives its main source of project funding from offshore oil and gas revenues, has long provided crucial funds for our country’s national and state parks, historical sites and battlefields, conservation areas, and community programs and parks.
Established in 1964, the LWCF’s main source of project funding is from offshore oil and gas revenues. Annually the fund receives nearly $900 million and is responsible for significant funding and support of America’s national parks, wildlife refuges, national forests, historic sites, local community projects, and other outdoor space and public works.
The Fund demonstrates that environmental protection, conservation, and energy development are not mutually exclusive.
To read the letters, visit the links below:
Letter to Chairman Westerman and Ranking Member Grijalva of the House Natural Resources Committee