A deal is a deal, right? In 1965, Congress struck a deal where a royalty would be paid on offshore oil to mitigate the impacts offshore drilling could have. A good deal representing compromise by many.
The royalty proceeds are to be placed in an account called the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). The LWCF has since been used for every sort of public access project you can imagine. This has been the most effective access program I know of for hunters. Any who hunt public lands you should know about this program and why it is so important to you.
Odds are, if you hunt, fish, hike, or enjoy public lands, you have benefited from the LWCF program. In my home state of MT, the list of LWCF-funded access projects is so long, it would take pages to name them all.
The last budget from Congress would divert those funds completely, reducing the funding to ZERO, using LWCF royalties to fund pet projects outside the intent of the deal made in 1965. Not acceptable to those of us who hunt, fish, and recreate on public lands.
With the platform of our TV show and our website both being devoted to public land hunting, I feel it is important for me to work with people who can make a difference in this program continuing. In this case, Senator Jon Tester and I had a discussion about LWCF and what hunters can do to bring pressure in an effort to have LWCF funded as intended/promised.
If you enjoy public lands and access to such, make sure your Congressional delegation knows that the LWCF program, and the public access it provides, is important to you. Hope I get to visit with others in Congress about this extremely important program. If so, I will remind them that "a deal is a deal."
On the road home from hunting in AZ and saw that this video got posted and wanted to share with all of you here. Since this show and platform is about public land hunting, I want to make sure everyone is aware of this issue and how they can help by reaching out to there Congressional delegation.
Here is a link to the video we shot with Senator Tester last summer when he was in town.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eUhehpfsdk
Our platforms allow me to talk to our delegation and/or their staff on a regular basis, on topics such as this. Senator Tester and I talk about lots of public land and hunting issues. All our Congressional delegation have a standing offer to have us film the same discussion and use of our show and web platform so they can let the hunters know their positions on LWCF and other programs important to hunters.
I think there will be other videos coming from that day, stating what hunters can do to improve the situation with public access, land management, and funding for such.
This program is up for renewal next year. If not renewed, it goes away permanently, which is even worse than the budget fights that zero out that line item in the budget.
Somewhere I saw a map of projects that have been funded with this program. I will try to find it. When you look at it, you will see many places you have probably hunted/fished.
The royalty proceeds are to be placed in an account called the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). The LWCF has since been used for every sort of public access project you can imagine. This has been the most effective access program I know of for hunters. Any who hunt public lands you should know about this program and why it is so important to you.
Odds are, if you hunt, fish, hike, or enjoy public lands, you have benefited from the LWCF program. In my home state of MT, the list of LWCF-funded access projects is so long, it would take pages to name them all.
The last budget from Congress would divert those funds completely, reducing the funding to ZERO, using LWCF royalties to fund pet projects outside the intent of the deal made in 1965. Not acceptable to those of us who hunt, fish, and recreate on public lands.
With the platform of our TV show and our website both being devoted to public land hunting, I feel it is important for me to work with people who can make a difference in this program continuing. In this case, Senator Jon Tester and I had a discussion about LWCF and what hunters can do to bring pressure in an effort to have LWCF funded as intended/promised.
If you enjoy public lands and access to such, make sure your Congressional delegation knows that the LWCF program, and the public access it provides, is important to you. Hope I get to visit with others in Congress about this extremely important program. If so, I will remind them that "a deal is a deal."
On the road home from hunting in AZ and saw that this video got posted and wanted to share with all of you here. Since this show and platform is about public land hunting, I want to make sure everyone is aware of this issue and how they can help by reaching out to there Congressional delegation.
Here is a link to the video we shot with Senator Tester last summer when he was in town.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eUhehpfsdk
Our platforms allow me to talk to our delegation and/or their staff on a regular basis, on topics such as this. Senator Tester and I talk about lots of public land and hunting issues. All our Congressional delegation have a standing offer to have us film the same discussion and use of our show and web platform so they can let the hunters know their positions on LWCF and other programs important to hunters.
I think there will be other videos coming from that day, stating what hunters can do to improve the situation with public access, land management, and funding for such.
This program is up for renewal next year. If not renewed, it goes away permanently, which is even worse than the budget fights that zero out that line item in the budget.
Somewhere I saw a map of projects that have been funded with this program. I will try to find it. When you look at it, you will see many places you have probably hunted/fished.
