{"id":3768,"date":"2015-09-16T13:34:20","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T18:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/?p=3768"},"modified":"2018-11-15T12:23:25","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T18:23:25","slug":"the-land-and-water-conservation-fund-and-our-trails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/the-land-and-water-conservation-fund-and-our-trails\/","title":{"rendered":"The Land and Water Conservation Fund and Our Trails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LWCF-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3795 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LWCF-8-711x1024.png\" alt=\"LWCF (8)\" width=\"711\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LWCF-6.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong>Just How Important is the Land and Water Conservation Fund to Our National Trails System?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/lwcfcoalition.org\/about-lwcf.html\">Land and Water Conservation Fund<\/a> (LWCF)\u00a0is\u00a0the\u00a0most important program for ensuring permanent protection of\u00a0our Nation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/subjects\/nationaltrailssystem\/maps.htm\">National Scenic and Historic Trails<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Created to invest\u00a0a portion of the\u00a0revenue from offshore\u00a0drilling leases towards\u00a0protecting\u00a0parks,\u00a0forests, wildlife refuges,\u00a0public lands, and other community spaces\u2014 the $900 million LWCF has been a crucial tool for helping to\u00a0close\u00a0gaps\u00a0and preserve critical historic and scenic places within our National Trails System (NTS). \u00a0In 2015 alone, over $24 million LWCF dollars were appropriated towards\u00a0preserving and protecting our National Trails System. And not only does the\u00a0LWCF protect our trails; it also supports our\u00a0national parks, national monuments, national forests, national wildlife refuges, state parks, and community parks across the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On September 30th, 2015 the LWCF expired.<\/strong>\u00a0Now it is up to us to make a difference by showing our support for this critical source of funding. Supporters of the LWCF are currently working to pass legislation that would permanently ensure the future of this valuable resource.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/\">Contact\u00a0your congressional representatives and senators<\/a> today and tell them how important the LWCF is to preserving critical historic sites\u00a0and natural resources, and closing gaps\u00a0in our NTS. Let them\u00a0know that proposed budget cuts will threaten the future of this important conservation program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wilderness.org\/map-lwcf-treasures\">Map: National treasures funded by the Land and Water Conservation Fund&#8211;a program Congress wants to kill<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Wilderness Society<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wilderness.org\/mapping-land-and-water-conservation-fund-lwcf\">Mapping the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)<\/a> &#8212; Wilderness Society<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/lwcf2016\/\">2016 LWCF National Scenic and Historic Trail Projects<\/a> &#8212; PNTS<\/p>\n\r\n<div class=\"one_fourth\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"one_fourth\"><div class=\"button-container default center \"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"button red\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usa.gov\/elected-officials\">Contact Congress<\/a><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"one_fourth\"><div class=\"button-container default center \"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"button red\" href=\"http:\/\/lwcfcoalition.org\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"one_fourth last\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Just How Important is the Land and Water Conservation Fund to Our National Trails System? The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)\u00a0is\u00a0the\u00a0most important program for ensuring permanent protection of\u00a0our Nation\u2019s National Scenic and Historic Trails. Created to invest\u00a0a portion of the\u00a0revenue from offshore\u00a0drilling leases&hellip; <\/p>\n<div class=\"button right\"><a class=\"button more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/the-land-and-water-conservation-fund-and-our-trails\/\">more &raquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[139],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}