On May 21, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that the Senate would take up the Great American Outdoors Act (S.3422) when it returns in June. This legislation, which has strong bipartisan support of 56 Senators, would provide funding to address deferred maintenance at our National Parks and permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
The national park system has a deferred maintenance backlog of $11.9 billion that is eroding the visitor experience and threatening the very resources that the National Park Service (NPS) was created to protect. The NPS has more than 76,000 assets to maintain including roads, trails, and buildings and many of them are aging and in great disrepair.
With America’s outdoor recreation economy supporting over 7.6 million jobs and over $887 billion in annual economic output, there are compelling economic reasons to invest in our parks and public lands.
This webinar will provide an overview of the Great American Outdoors Act, how it will be implemented, and why it matters.
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