{"id":3286,"date":"2016-09-16T09:50:51","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T16:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=3286"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:26","slug":"take-action-support-the-land-water-conservation-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=3286","title":{"rendered":"Take Action! Support the Land & Water Conservation Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nDear BCHA Members:<\/p>\n

As the 114th Congress looks toward its final months of work, we urge you to\u00a0support the bipartisan agreement to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water
\nConservation Fund that passed the Senate in April as part of the Energy Policy\u00a0Modernization Act of 2015.<\/p>\n

BCHA is a member of the LWCF Coalition that supports this bipartisan\u00a0compromise. We want our members to be part of a major push to demonstrate our\u00a0support.<\/p>\n

Please sign your BCH state or chapter onto the LWCF Coalition letter that\u00a0<\/strong>soon will be sent to Congress.<\/strong> The letter can be accessed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

LWCF is one of our country\u2019s most important conservation programs, supporting local communities and increasing access to\u00a0the outdoors in every state and 99% of all counties. The program is overwhelmingly popular and has maintained broad\u00a0bipartisan support over its 50-year history of successful, locally-driven conservation. Yet, in 2015, it was allowed to\u00a0temporarily expire and then given only a short term renewal.<\/p>\n

Since permanent authorization of the LWCF passed the Senate, but not the House, it is going to be on a shorter list of issues\u00a0that must be addressed before the end of this Congress. It is part of the Energy Bill Conference Committee that is\u00a0convening right now.<\/p>\n

Why is this Important to Horsemen?<\/p>\n

BCHA prepared a fact sheet<\/a> on the importance of Congress reauthorizing the LWCF. To view a map or a listing of LWCF<\/a>\u00a0funded projects in your state<\/a>, go to the LWCF Coalition website<\/a>. As you will see, LWCF has benefited our national parks,\u00a0national forests, state and local parks and other natural areas for over half a century.<\/p>\n

The Energy Bill Conference Committee has included two other provisions that are important to BCHA members. The first\u00a0creates a new National Park Maintenance and Revitalization Fund that is over and above LWCF\u2014NOT taking authorized\u00a0dollars away from LWCF\u2014from offshore energy revenues. The fund would dedicate $150 million per year toward\u00a0addressing the maintenance backlog in national parks, including trails.<\/p>\n

Secondly, the bill would dedicate at least $10 million each year of LWCF funds that \u201cshall be used for projects that secure\u00a0recreational public access to Federal public land for hunting, fishing, or other recreational purposes.\u2019\u2019 This could include\u00a0national forests and other public lands. So again, the public and horsemen could be the beneficiaries of directing this small\u00a0portion (no more than 1.5%) of LWCF monies toward enhanced public access.<\/p>\n

Take Action<\/p>\n

Again, please consider signing on to the Coalition letter by adding your BCH state\/chapter to the list<\/a> of LWCF\u00a0supporters as soon as possible. It\u2019s urgent. Congress is in session only for a few more weeks.<\/p>\n

We would also appreciate you forwarding this invitation for sign-on to BCH chapters\/units in your state. We need the\u00a0fantastic geographic diversity among BCHA\u2019s membership to sound off on the importance of LWCF in creating and expanding recreational opportunities in every state.<\/p>\n

Thank you for taking action!<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are hopeful that Congress will act to permanently authorize this landmark legislation that recognizes the universal\u00a0importance of LWCF, dedicates an annual funding stream to address the national park maintenance backlog, and dedicate a\u00a0modest amount of LWCF funds to improve public access to public lands.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Donald Saner,<\/em>
\n BCHA Chairman<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear BCHA Members: As the 114th Congress looks toward its final months of work, we urge you to\u00a0support the bipartisan agreement to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund that passed the Senate in April as part of the Energy Policy\u00a0Modernization Act of 2015. BCHA is a member of the LWCF Coalition that supports […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-the-campfire","category-current-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3286"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3292,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3286\/revisions\/3292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}