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Don't Let the Land and Water Conservation Fund Expire

The Land and Water Conservation Fund is set to expire on September 30. Tell Congress and the President to do the right thing for your public lands - don't let our most important conservation and outdoor recreation program expire! Sign and share this petit…
Don't Let the Land and Water Conservation Fund Expire The Land and Water Conservation Fund https://www.ptny.org/newsandmedia/e-news-1/2015/08/renew-land-and-water-conservation-fund

Act Now to Protect our Greenspaces

New York State is home to beautiful and diverse natural areas, from 1,000-acre parks to priceless urban pocket greenspaces. For over 50 years, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) has helped to protect these natural areas and the wildlife within th…
the Land and Water Conservation Fund319 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund https://www.ptny.org/newsandmedia/e-news-1/2015/09/act-now-protect-our-greenspaces

​PTNY joins Sen. Schumer to Support Local Parks

PTNY Executive Director Robin Dropkin joined U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer at Albany’s Corning Preserve to announce his new Urban Parks funding bill. New York State would receive roughly $25 million each year in federal funding for community park projects th…
ast year under the existing authority of the Land and Water Conservation Fund https://www.ptny.org/newsandmedia/e-news-1/2015/09/ptny-joins-sen-schumer-support-local-parks

For Your Reading Pleasure

Every year Parks & Trails New York likes to reflect on the accomplishments, successes, and challenges we experienced over the course of the preceding months. This all comes together in Greenspace--our eye-catching, printed publication delivered right to t…
https://www.ptny.org/newsandmedia/e-news-1/2015/12/for-your-reading-pleasure

Celebrating 100 Years of the National Park Service

August 25th marked the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service. The occasion was cause for celebration, but also served as an important reminder that America’s National Parks have been built and protected with critical investments from the Land and…
with critical investments from the federal Land and Water Conservation Funds letter urging preservation of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. https://www.ptny.org/newsandmedia/e-news-1/2016/09/celebrating-100-years-national-park-service

Help Protect Federal Funding for Special Outdoor Places

The LWCF is facing major obstacles in the next federal budget and it needs our help! The LWCF is the only federal program dedicated to the continued conservation of our national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, wilderness, Civil War battlefields, state a…
chair of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Coalition …duced H.R.502 to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund https://www.ptny.org/newsandmedia/e-news-1/2017/03/help-protect-lwcf