The Land and Water Conservation Fund lives on! This week, Congress reauthorized three more years of this crucial funding source, which pays for parks, trails and public places across the nation.
It was included in Congress’ omnibus appropriations agreement announced yesterday. Funded at $450 million in 2016, the money will ... Read more
Friends of the Pacific Crest Trail,
We’ve told you a lot about the Land & Water Conservation Fund over the years because it has been an important funding source for our work to protect parcels along the Pacific Crest Trail from development and resource extraction.
Yet despite overwhelming bi-partisan support ... Read more
Megan Wargo, PCTA’s director of land protection, and Kelley Beamer of the Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts were guests on Jefferson Public Radio this morning where the conversation was about the importance of the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund and Congress’ inability so far to renew this 50-year-old program. ... Read more
Time is short to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund! You can help. Please contact your congressional representatives and urge them to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Can you imagine what the Sierra Nevada or the North Cascades might look like if our nation hadn’t had the ... Read more
Megan Wargo became the PCTA’s first Land Protection Director on Jan. 26 and will oversee the expansion of a program dedicated to protecting the landscape and trail miles that are still held by private landowners.
Megan’s hiring, funded by a generous private donation to PCTA, is in line with PCTA’s ... Read more
Another portion of the Pacific Crest Trail once held by a private timber company in Southern Oregon is now permanently protected.
Late last week the Conservation Fund announced that it transferred 930 acres once owned by the Hancock Timber Resource Group to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for protection ... Read more
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