March 20, 2013
The Seattle PI’s Joel Connelly notes the importance of the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to Washington state.
Excerpt: “The trail to popular Wallace Falls above Gold Bar, beach walks on Whidbey Island’s Keystone Spit, and boat trips to Long Island in Willapa Bay — with the magic experience of watching elk emerge from mists and an ancient cedar forest — have been made possible by a below-the-radar federal program.
The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which has pumped $462 million into saving places in Washington, will live or die depending on which or two rival budget proposals before Congress is adopted.