Healthier Ecosystems
Revitalizing the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Continuing his pledge, the President’s FY 2005 budget proposal
once again fully funds the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)
at $900 million to support a variety of conservation approaches. The
LWCF is a successful Federal-state-local partnership for conservation,
having funded land conservation and recreation projects throughout
the country with revenues from oil and gas exploration and extraction.
Consistent with the purposes of the LWCF Act, programs such as Forest
Legacy and the Cooperative Conservation Initiative promote stewardship
of natural resources through partnerships rather than Federal land
acquisition. The 2005 budget, for example, proposes significant increases
for Fish and Wildlife Service conservation grant programs, such as
an $11 million increase, or 16 percent over 2004, for the State and
Tribal Wildlife Grants program, and a $20 million increase, or 69
percent over 2004, for the Landowner Incentive Grants program.
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