Heinrich Unveils Plan To Establish 21st Century Conservation Corps, Invest In Wildfire Resiliency
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WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the first AmeriCorps alum to serve in the Senate and a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, has unveiled legislation to expand national service programs to help address the historic COVID-19 joblessness crisis by establishing a 21st Century Conservation Corps.
“As a former natural resources AmeriCorps Member who worked primarily in rural New Mexico, I know firsthand the value of conservation work in rural communities,” Heinrich said. “National service members make a major difference by conserving our public lands, building resilient landscapes, and helping grow the outdoor economy, which was fueling some of the fastest job growth in rural communities before the onset of the pandemic. When he established the original Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression, Presiden
When former Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s bill, the Great American Outdoors Act, became the law of the land last summer, it was hailed as the “holy grail” of the
On February 11, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Scott de la Vega, issued Secretarial Order 3396 revoking the previous November 2020 order on implementation of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which is fully and permanently funded by the Great American Outdoors Act. | Public Lands
The Biden administration Thursday canceled a Trump administration executive order, issued on the day before the former president s last day in office, that stripped a program designed to improve access to federal recreation for underserved communities, among other provisions.
On Jan. 19, then-Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced grants totaling $452 million. Colorado s share was $5,172,872.
Priority for grants totaling $302 million, according to an Interior news release, would be given to projects that improve physical connectivity between federal and state-managed lands for recreational opportunities such as hunting, hiking, fishing, boating, camping and wildlife observation.”
Another $150 million would be allocated in grants in a competitive bid process, allowed under the Great American Outdoors Act, a bill sponsored by then-Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma.