In conjunction with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), Congress authorized a conservation funding program in 2000 that helps federal agencies acquire critically important tracts of private land for fish and wildlife conservation, cultural and historic preservation, and outdoor recreation.
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Protects critically important tracts of land for fish and wildlife habitat, outdoor recreation, historic preservation, and public access.
Offers a balanced approach to land management, benefiting private land owners and the general public.
Land for land principle: public lands sold generate funding for protecting other land.
Dedicated funding source for land conservation.
Complements Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).
Maintain “land for land” principle that is in the current law
Make the authorization permanent
Allow for proceeds from the sale of lands identified in BLM land use plans that were completed after 2000 to be spent on land purchases and to allow the agencies to use FLTFA funds to acquire inholdings within any designated area, regardless of when the area was established.
In addition, we recommend that the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture delegate the approval process.
Read more about the 111th Congress and FLTFA here.
Download a PDF map of approved FLTFA projects
Questions about FLTFA? Email Kelly Cotter at kcotter@conservationfund.org.
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