Photo By: Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal
"Whenever you, your friends or family walk in a national, state or local park, the chances are very good that the land you enjoy was purchased or improved by monies from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
For the past 50 years, a portion of the revenue from the sales of oil and gas from your public lands was returned to you in the form of outdoor recreation places to hunt, fish, hike and enjoy.
That fair return to the American people has enjoyed decades of bipartisan support from Republicans and Democrats, but our divided Congress allowed the conservation fund to expire this fall. Now many of our public lands are at risk if our new Congress doesn’t act with urgency."