Land Water Conservation Fund defunded by congress.

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Even with massive bipartisan support the LWCF was allowed to expire due to a push by some ultra right wing members of congress headed by Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, House Natural Resources chairman, reflecting the anti-public-land and anti-federal sentiments afoot in some quarters of the West. These are the same people that want to privatize the public lands, restrict access and allow development in those areas, also privatize the running of the national parks.

There is a movement in congress to reestablish to LWCF as a permanent fund and make its 900 million budget permanent.
In July, Montanans celebrated the addition of 8,200 acres, known as Tenderfoot Creek, to the Lewis and Clark National Forest. Most of the $10.7 million cost was paid for by the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, which uses oil and gas royalties for conservation and recreation projects.

But last month, the 50-year-old fund, widely viewed as one of the nation's most popular and most successful land conservation programs, was allowed to expire completely. Despite broad bipartisan support, and despite a deadline that was no surprise to anyone, Congress failed to take action to reauthorize it. That means that offshore oil and gas producers will no longer be paying into the chest that funds the program - and now that the funding connection has been broken, reinstating it will be very difficult, especially given the tone of this Congress. Instead, lawmakers will be dickering over how to divvy up former LWCF appropriations, which will now be going into the general treasury.
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/3310 ... ation-fund

Bishop is known for supporting the tar sands and other energy development in the public lands of the west especially Utah.

https://utah.sierraclub.org/public-land ... crossroads
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059989187
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