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   fallinggoat Posted 5:00 am
   26 Apr 2007

   More Budget Cuts to US Forests and ParksI just wanted to post that the FY '07 budget for the White Mountain National Forest and the other parks/forests programs listed below have been severely cut by the Bush Administration. There has been a 10% cut overall with a 14% cut to Recreation and a 10% cut to Trails, resulting in a 60% reduction in the seasonal workforce.
   In order for these cuts to be corrected congress needs to restore these programs at or above following levels.  
   -        The $258 million proposed increase to National Park operations
   
   that is included in the Centennial Initiative
   -        $12 million for the NPS' Rivers, Trails and Conservation
   
   Assistance program
   -        at least $271 million for Forest Service Recreation, Wilderness
   
   and Heritage
   -        at least $78 million for Forest Service Trails (Capital
   
   Improvement & Maintenance)
   -        $69 million for the Bureau of Land Management's National
   
   Landscape Conservation System
   -        $125 million for stateside Land and Water Conservation Fund
   
   (LWCF) and $220 million for federal LWCF
   If you can write your reps in DC and urge them to support restoration of funding for these programs it might make a difference.
   
   

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