"Budget-strapped state parks" are charging fees and relying more on volunteers, The New York Times reports, but the National Park Service may be positioned to avoid large budget cuts, with support from several Republicans. "Some fiscal conservatives" such as Rep. Cynthia Lummins of Wyoming, "are even making the agency a top funding priority," Phil Taylor of Environment & Energy News reports.
As a member of the House Interior, Forest Service and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, Lummis "said her first concern for fiscal 2012 is maintaining level funding for the agency's operations budget, which ensures adequate staffing, visitors services and routine maintenance across nearly 400 unites," Taylor reports.
Another Republican, Rep. Mike Simpson of Idaho, has concerns about the proposed drop in park construction funding, since President Obama's "Great Outdoors" initiative requires significant increases in land acquisitions, Taylor reports. (Read more, subscription required)
As a member of the House Interior, Forest Service and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, Lummis "said her first concern for fiscal 2012 is maintaining level funding for the agency's operations budget, which ensures adequate staffing, visitors services and routine maintenance across nearly 400 unites," Taylor reports.
Another Republican, Rep. Mike Simpson of Idaho, has concerns about the proposed drop in park construction funding, since President Obama's "Great Outdoors" initiative requires significant increases in land acquisitions, Taylor reports. (Read more, subscription required)
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