OPINION: Little-Known Land and Water Conservation Fund Vital To Outdoor Legacy

November 10, 2013

Read an op-ed by Norm Dicks and Dan Evans in the Seattle Times in support of fully funding and reauthorizing the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Excerpt: “From protecting land along the Pacific Crest Trail and ensuring access to ranges in the Cascades for hiking and hunting to protecting the last urban forest in Bothell, the Land and Water Conservation Fund is needed urgently this year in Washington.

Community visions to provide new parks for kids, increase access to trails, and keep air and water clean for all cannot be realized without support from the fund. We hope Congress will rise to that challenge.”

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