The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Feb. 11 plans to strengthen the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) by rescinding the Trump administration Secretarial Order 3388 signed in November 2020.
Secretarial Order 3396 instructs the National Park Service to revise theLWCF Assistance Manual to remove the restrictive policies implemented in the previous order and to reinstate pre-existing implementation of the LWCF state assistance program.
“The Land and Water Conservation Fund has been crucial to protecting public lands, conserving wildlife habitats, and improving access to outdoor recreation. Interior’s actions today affirm our support for one of America’s most successful and popular conservation programs,”said Shannon A. Estenoz, principal deputy assistant secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, in a press release.
