Sentences with phrase «water conservation fund»

The budget included the president's latest call for permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which is administered by the Interior and Agriculture departments, and full funding at $ 900 million.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to allocate specified percentages of amounts made available each year under this subpart for various activities and programs of the Department of the Interior, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, the Forest Service, the Department of Commerce, EPA, and the Corps of Engineers.

«While he has steered clear of efforts to sell off public lands and supported the Land and Water Conservation Fund, far more often Rep. Zinke has advanced policies that favor special interests,» said Jamie Williams, president of the Wilderness Society, in a statement.

Zinke has called for the full and permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a program created to protect and purchase public lands and embraced by green groups.

One major obstacle became Sen. Richard Burr (R — NC), who put a «hold» on the bill, saying he would allow a vote only if the Senate acted on an unrelated bill to renew the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which provides money for land purchases.

«Other provisions within the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 would push for greater energy efficiency, updates to the energy grid, and a grid storage program; ease the permitting of natural gas pipelines; and permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which provides money for habitat protection.

A large portion of the permanent conservation funding for the New York portion will come from the U.S Forest Service's Forest Legacy Program through the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

At 2 p.m., Schumer calls on his colleagues to immediately reauthorize and fully fund The Land and Water Conservation Fund, Peacock Park, Parkside Drive, Lake Placid.

The Congresswoman who represents the Adirondack Park also discussed the importance of financing the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

The projects will be funded by the state Open Space Land Acquisition and Development grants and the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund grants.

The grants, funded through the state's Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development program and the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund program, were announced by Gov. George Ryan at the Illinois Association of Park Districts» annual meeting in Peoria.

WHEATON — The Park District has been honored by the Midwest region of the National Park Service as the winner of its 1992 Land and Water Conservation Fund Innovation Award.

The grant program began about 25 years ago when the National Park Service began setting aside money from off - shore oil leases and formed the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

In 1986, the Arlington Heights Park District received a $ 200,000 Land and Water Conservation Fund matching grant for the renovation of Recreation Park swimming pool.

The funding includes $ 9.7 million from the Open Space Land Acquisition and Development program and $ 685,000 in federal Land and Water Conservation Fund grants.

It has not been agreeable, however, to the National Park Service, whose approval is necessary because half of the $ 42,000 used to purchase the property came from its Land and Water Conservation Fund in 1974.

provides authority to acquire land for the conservation of listed species, using land and water conservation funds;

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After graduating from Middlebury College with a major in geography in 2003, he spent a couple of years working for the Conservation Fund, a nonprofit that helps fund land and water conservatiConservation Fund, a nonprofit that helps fund land and water conservation projeFund, a nonprofit that helps fund land and water conservation projefund land and water conservationconservation projects.

These include: C$ 4.5 billion to support research, training, and infrastructure at universities and colleges; a Strategic Innovation Fund that will provide C$ 1.26 billion for business innovation in the aerospace and automotive sector; a Connect to Innovate Program that will invest C$ 500 million to bring high - speed Internet to remote and rural communities by 2021; and, C$ 70 million over six years to support agriculture innovation with a focus on climate change, and soil and water conservation.

The award - winning, privately funded YgreneWorks program provides immediately accessible financing with no upfront payments for energy efficiency, renewables, water conservation, and, in certain areas, electric vehicle charging stations, hurricane protection, and seismic upgrades.

Clean Energy CV Upgrade, a partnership between Ygrene Energy Fund and CVAG (Coachella Valley Association of Governments), gives property owners throughout the region access to Ygrene's 100 % financing for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and water conservation building improvements to their commercial or residential properties.

The budget calls for more enforcement money for the FDA to step up drug safety rules, more for the EPA to crack down on industrial polluters, additional funds to protect endangered species and land and water conservation and to protect wildlife from climate change.

By funding scientific research, conservation programs and community outreach efforts, its mission is to protect the waters and its vast marine wildlife, ensuring that The Bahamas will remain a haven for a myriad of one - of - a-kind, rare and endangered species for generations to come.

To support the Sustainable Winegrowing Program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service has awarded a $ 475,000 matching fund grant for the development of air and water quality innovations.

Supported by industry leaders and prominent environmental conservation groups such as The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the AWS Standard is the first comprehensive global standard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimensions.

Created by industry leaders and prominent environmental conservation groups such as The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the AWS Standard is the first comprehensive global standard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimensions.

This project also complements a related effort, also funded by the Foundation for MetroWest, by Massachusetts Rivers Alliance and the Charles River Watershed Association to improve the state's drought management plan and promote better water conservation.

This funding will help us showcase how LID protects land and water resources, and new and improved facilities at Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center & Wildlife Sanctuary will help illustrate how LID techniques can help with water management in an urban environment.

A New York environmental group is calling for increased water infrastructure and staff funding at the state's Department of Environmental Conservation.

Increased community development funding is included for Erie County Soil and Water Conservation and the Cooperative Extension along with continued funding for the important healthcare and community work conducted for Buffalo's refugee population by Jericho Road Community Health Center.

Sharon Frost, a soil district technician for the Suffolk County Soil and Water Conservation Service, said one new, 1,000 - gallon tank costs about $ 16,000 and about 75 percent of the cost was paid through the agricultural fuel tank replacement grant program, which receives funding from the state.

Those steps should include grants for water infrastructure upgrades and a boost in funding for the Department of Environmental Conservation after years of virtually flat budget increases.

At 10 a.m., Assembly Standing Committees on Environmental Conservation and Health, and the Subcommittee on Oversight of the DEC, hold a joint public hearing to examine water quality issues and to review implementation of the $ 2.5 billion in water infrastructure funding contained in the 2017 - 18 budget, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.

Naming Long Island Sound and the Peconic Estuary as one of eight national critical designation areas would help fund agricultural conservation efforts, habitat restoration efforts and the sustainable use of soil, water and other natural resources, according to Mr. Bellone's office.

This website is updated with support from the Hudson River Estuary Program, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, with support from the New York State Environmental Protection Fund, in cooperation with the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission.

Its protection ensures ongoing timber resource protection, safeguards water quality of the Salmon River and allows for continued public access to state sanctioned snowmobile trails and other outdoor recreation,» according to Conservation Fund press release.

With $ 10 million in funds dedicated to cleaning up the water supply, the state Department of Environmental Conservation has begun installation of new filtration systems on private wells, with more than 100 installed already.

The funds have been awarded to municipalities and Soil and Water Conservation districts to address major sources of water pollution and habitat degradation in dozens of urban, suburban and rural communiWater Conservation districts to address major sources of water pollution and habitat degradation in dozens of urban, suburban and rural communiwater pollution and habitat degradation in dozens of urban, suburban and rural communities.

The EPF funds vital programs in land conservation, clean water and wetlands protection, recycling, farmland preservation, sustainable waterfront planning and estuary restoration.

For the funding agencies that have supported our research in water conservation, it is particularly important to document that technology not only works in a research setting but can be successfully scaled up to real world situations.»

The evaporation process is much slower in high latitudes because the water is so cold; breaking down spilled oil would take many decades, says Peter Ewins, director of species conservation for World Wildlife Fund - Canada.

That effort has been helped by extra funding from the Australian government (Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts) to look at pheromones and spawning - site choice in toads; from the Invasive Animals Co-Operative Research Centre to explore effects of parasites on toads in Queensland; and from the Western Australians Department of Environment & Conservation, to understand frog and toad parasites at the toad invasion front.

Primary funding for the program is provided through a Clean Water Act nonpoint source grant from the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

On World Water Day 2016, we announced that we are partnering with The Conservation Fund's Canine's For Clean Water initiative.

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Part of clean water advocates» anger was directed at a lack of geographical targeting for agricultural conservation funding.

The grant was to provide the bulk of funding for consultations launched by the department, paying for scientific research and to gather advice from stakeholders on balancing conservation with economic use of ocean waters on British Columbia's north coast.

The signatories of the letter include American Rivers, Center for International Environmental Law, Citizens for Global Solutions, Clean Water Action, Defenders of Wildlife, Earth Day Network, Earthjustice, Environmental Defense Fund, Environment America, Greenpeace, League of Conservation Voters, Native American Rights Fund, National Tribal Environmental Council, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Oceana, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Population Action International, Population Connection, Rails - to - Trails Conservancy, Sierra Club, and the Union of Concerned Scientists.

According to de Boer, the fund is intended to finance climate change projects including sea walls to guard against expanding oceans, early warning systems for extreme events, improved water supplies for drought areas, training in new agricultural techniques and the conservation and restoration of mangroves to protect people from storms.

This webinar was hosted by the Ohio University Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs with support from the Ohio EPA and the Ohio Environmental Education Fund, in partnership with Rural Action and the Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts.