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FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS







1998 FWOC Resolution No. 16:

Land and Water Conservation Fund


In recent years, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which was established by Congress in 1965, has been funded by Congress far below its authorized level of $900 million annually.  Much of the income which should have gone into the Fund has been appropriated by Congress for spending that is unrelated to the below stated purposes in the Act establishing the LWCF.
(1)  Acquiring privately-owned inholdings in Federal park and land areas.

(2)  Assisting states (on a matching basis) to acquire new recreational and park areas, and improving state recreational facilities.
(3)  Funding federal purchases of land and water areas for recreation and conservation purposes.

(4)  Providing federal funds to states for assisting in planning, acquisition and development of needed land and water areas and recreation facilities.

The basic problem appears to be that Congress is merely authorized, and not required to allocate the $900 million portion of Outer Continental Shelf petroleum production royalties to the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

The Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs hereby reaffirms it 1997 Resolution #19 and additionally recommends that the 1965 LWCF Act be amended to require that:

(1) $900 million of the approximately $5 billion annual income to the Federal government from Outer Continental Shelf petroleum production be automatically set aside and credited to the LWCF, for use in that year or in subsequent years.

(2)  Congressional appropriations drawing from the LWCF shall be made solely for the purposes state in the act; other uses of LWCF will be prohibited.

(3)  USe of LWCF for building roads in Federal land areas, subsidizing timber production for commercial purposes in any form or for offsetting deficits of any Federal government agency shall be prohibited.

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ACTION: The FWOC urges its member clubs and members to write to their Congressional representatives and ask them to sponsor an amendment to the LWCF Act of 1965 to insure that the full $900 million be allocated to LWCF for use in acquiring land and water areas for recreation and conservation purposes.



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