Conservationists blast Bernhardt order they say will hobble LWCF land acquisitions

Critics say a new order from the Interior Department kneecaps a conservation effort that President Trump routinely campaigned on.

Trump regularly touted the Great American Outdoors Act on the campaign trail, a bipartisan bill he signed in August that solidifies more than $900 million in funding each year for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/525893-new-interior-order-undermines-conservation-bill-trump-campaigned-on

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