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National Park Service Announces 2023 Monetary Investments05-09-23 | News

National Park Service Announces 2023 Monetary Investments

Things Like Ease of Access and Fire Resilience are Some of the Things that will Receive Funding this Year
by Staff

Over a billion dollars is to go to high priority deferred maintenance among other smaller funded projects.

For 2023 the National Park Service (NPS) is preparing to invest a large amount of money into National Parks. Things like visitor facilities, deferred maintenance, and conservation grants are a few of the many things that will receive a piece of the billions of dollars of investments. The funding to the NPS comes from a variety of federal funding programs, some of those being the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), the Federal Lands Transportation Program (FLTP), and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

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Some of the most outstanding projects that are to be funded are:
- The repair and recovery of Yellowstone National Park and other parks affected by natural disasters, of which $1.5 billion will be allocated.
- $1.33 billion that will be put towards funding high priority deferred maintenance and repair projects across the United States.
- $336 million towards State Conservation Grants that will in turn go on to fund formula grants and Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership grants.

"NPS staff, supporters and partners are excited about the work taking place, under the leadership of the Department of the Interior, to provide the American people with extraordinary experiences in their national parks and to support programs that provide close to home preservation, conservation and recreational opportunities," said NPS Director Chuck Sams.

https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/national-park-investments-in-2023.htm

Filed Under: NPS, PARKS, FUNDING, LASN
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