Nearly $12 billion in deferred maintenance threatens the history and culture protected at units throughout the National Park Service. Check here for reports on culturally relevant sites, including those associated with Asian Americans, Black Americans, Latinx and Women’s History.
The Continental Trail Divide Coalition (CDTC) recently organized a coalition of more than 75 New Mexico business owners that sent a letter to New Mexico’s Congressional delegation in November, urging them to permanently reauthorize and fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). View the letter and press announcement.
HECHO Executive Director and Next 100 Coalition member Camilla Simon recently penned an opinion article in The Hill speaking to our collective responsibility to protect our public lands and national monuments. View her opinion article here.
Denver, CO, October 26, 2018 — Gov. John Hickenlooper today signed an executive order creating the Inter-Agency Trails and Recreation Council, alongside an announcement of economic contribution numbers that demonstrate the outsize impact that outdoor recreation has on Colorado’s economy. The executive order cites the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion as the state works […]
