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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.
The U.S. commits to tripling its protected lands. Here’s how it could be done. Sarah Gibbens © Photograph by Amy Toensing, Nat Geo Image Collection
White clouds float over an empty field in Upper River Breaks National Monument in Montana. Hundreds of different birds, mammals, and fish exist in their natural state in this wilderness area spanning more than 375,000 acres.
In an executive order issued on January 27 to address the climate crisis, President Joe Biden ordered a pause on new oil and gas leases on public lands and created a White House office of environmental justice. He also quietly committed his administration to an ambitious conservation goal to protect 30 percent of U.S. land and coastal seas by 2030.
The U.S. commits to tripling its protected lands. Here’s how it could be done. Sarah Gibbens © Photograph by Amy Toensing, Nat Geo Image Collection
White clouds float over an empty field in Upper River Breaks National Monument in Montana. Hundreds of different birds, mammals, and fish exist in their natural state in this wilderness area spanning more than 375,000 acres.
In an executive order issued on January 27 to address the climate crisis, President Joe Biden ordered a pause on new oil and gas leases on public lands and created a White House office of environmental justice. He also quietly committed his administration to an ambitious conservation goal to protect 30 percent of U.S. land and coastal seas by 2030.
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