President signs $3 billion conservation bill

President Trump on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 202, signed legislation with nearly $3 billion in annual spending on conservation projects, outdoor recreation, and maintenance of national parks and other public lands. 
“There hasn’t been anything like this since Teddy Roosevelt, I suspect,” Trump said of the president who created many of the nation’s national parks, forests, and monuments more than a century ago. 
In his remarks, Trump twice mispronounced the name Yosemite, one of America’s most famous national parks. President signs $3 billion
The new law, the Great American Outdoors Act, was overwhelmingly approved by Congress and had bipartisan support, which is a rarity these days. The legislation’s supporters called it the broadest conservation package in decades. Others noted that the funding would not make up for an estimated $20 billion backlog in maintenance needed on federal lands.
The act will fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund and supports continued funding of the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program. It will benefit both urban spaces and wilderness areas, provide accessibility to the outdoors in communities of color, and improve trails, roads, campgrounds, and other facilities on public lands. President signs $3 billion
Take advantage of local public lands: Visit a national park for free! Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, as well as all other national park service units, will waive entrance fees on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in honor of the founding of the National Park Service in 1916.
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