Hallelujah: Great American Outdoors Act Passed!
Hallelujah, it has happened! The U.S. House of Representatives’ Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians and Congress-Critters of all stripes got together and passed H.R. 1957, the ‘Great American Outdoors Act’. Although any conservation measure should include bipartisan support, they don’t always–and that’s why we here at Popular Outdoorsman are so excited to hear that this historic legislation is heading for the Oval Office to be signed into law.
If you’ve seen how tired and dilapidated so many of the public services in our national parks are, you already know how important this is. But it’s not just about improving our experiences on public lands. The Great American Outdoors Act funds wildlife habitat conservation as well as road and trail repairs and increased access for all Americans. It’s a promise to future generations of outdoorsmen and women to support wildlife conservation, public land hunting, and recreational shooting.
The Great American Outdoors Act ensures full, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and addresses the maintenance backlog of public lands and water projects across the United States.
“This will be a great example of a promise kept by the Trump Administration for America’s sportsmen and women,” said Lawrence G. Keane, National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Public Affairs and General Counsel. “Secretary David Bernhardt and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Aurelia Skipwith recognize that our nation’s public lands belong to all Americans and the Trump Administration delivered on the guarantee that those lands and waters are accessible to America’s conservation-minded hunters and recreational target shooters. Those men and women are the greatest stewards of our natural resources and this initiative to expand and open new opportunities will nurture the next generation to enjoy and preserve our national outdoor heritage.”
Unfortunately, nothing I have heard about this law allows our gold and other strategic metals prospectors to prospect on these lands. Do you realize that over ninety percent of our strategic metals necessary to keep our military planes flying, our cars built, our new cell phones and other tech stuff going and improving comes mostly from communist china and a couple of other countries who do not have a great love nor appreciation of America. They would have no qualms about cutting the USA off. This has been caused by socialists such as Obama who literally stole millions of mineral rich lands by turning the lands into national parks where mineral access is forbidden. Contact your legislators and tell them to open up the forbidden lands otherwise we are doomed to becoming cave men and women with no electricity, no fuel, no air conditioning or winter heating, no food transportation, the list is endless if we cannot mine our own strategic minerals and metals.
Right PB-dave. That’s what the crooked politicians here in illinoiz did. They took all of the money from sportsmans licensing, etc. that was supposed to be (mandated by law) only used for conservation and preservation and they stole it. It all got pissed away on political projects. It’s sickening.
Bill Clinton got caught taking money from the Pittman Robenson fund and had to put it back.
Time to enjoy the period they have given us.
Constitutional Carry in all 50 plus Suppressors for all weapons with no Fed input nor tax!
If there is money to be made the republicans will vote on it!
And the race-baiting Dems will use it towards tearing down Confederate statues, keeping Blacks economically enslaved, and perpetuating White guilt.
Man you hit the nail on the head with that!
Other side of the story…
https://www.cfact.org/2020/06/13/the-great-american-outdoors-act-is-a-federal-land-grab-slush-fund/
There is always a catch with Dems and RINOs.
All of them or most pf them that have been in there to long are guilty of robbery and taking what is not theirs to take!
Sadly, the CFACT article is more likely the government’s intended purpose. Hopefully we will see some good things and improvements from it in our existing parks and wildlife areas.
Now if Congress could pass the Reciprocity act or the National Hearing Protection act I would be impressed. The fact that the democrats voted for this bill makes me wonder what’s in it that we don’t know about?
You know it!
There will be few if any improvements. The money will be used to increase the number of bureaucrats and regulations, seize more land and remove it from the tax base resulting, of course, in higher taxes fot those who remain, contrary to government wishes, outside the urban ant nests.
I will believe when I see the improvements being made
Sadly, it’s easier to do than one would guess….. just have another bureaucracy require some mandate and the monies ear marked for the great outdoors never makes it to the front gate.
Don’t let Pelosi or Planned Parent hood get a hold of the funding !
Now all we have to do is make sure that all of the funds authorized, are used for their intended purposes, instead of being raided for something else.
Sounds like a great deal for the American sportsman. I only hope it’s as good as it sounds. After all this is 2020.