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AMERICA'S GREAT OUTDOORS

OKLAHOMA RIVERS, TRAILS AND CONSERVATION REPORT

Land and Water Conservation Funds (LWCF)  is a visionary program established by Congress in 1965 to preserve, develop and assure accessibility to quality outdoor recreation resources for active participation in recreation and "to strengthen the health and vitality of the citizens of the United States (Public Law 88-578)."    

Program Goals are to:

  • • Meet state and locally identified public outdoor recreation resources needs to strengthen the health and vitality of the American people
  • • Increase the number of protected state and local outdoor recreation resources and ensure their availability for public use in perpetuity.
  • • Encourage sound planning and long-term partnerships to expand the quantity and ensure the quality of needed state and local outdoor recreation resources.

Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior    Jon Jarvis, Director National Park Service

The Land and Water Conservation report for 2010 is available at www.nps.gov/lwcf.

ORPS supports the

National Recreation and Park Association's 

LEGISLATIVE & POLICY PRIORITIES FOR 2011

Public Parks and Livable Communities

 

Land and Water Conservation Fund

  • Provide full and dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) at the maximum amount authorized by law.  Ensure that funds are equally distributed to the LWCF Federal and Stateside Assistance programs
  • In FY11,  appropriate $175 million in funding for the LWCF Stateside Assistance Program

 

Urban Parks

  • Revitalize our urban cities and communities through teh passage of the Urgan Revitalization and Liveable Communities Act (H.R. 3734)
  • Fund the Community Development Block Grant program at $4.2 billion in FY11

Children and Nature

 

No Child Left Inside

  • Amend the proposed No Child Left Inside Act (S. 866 and H. R. 2054) to ensure park and recreation agencies are defined as eligible partners to receive funding for the Environmental Education Grant/program, the implementation of the state enfironmental literacy plans and the Environmental Education Professional Development Grant program.

Transportation

 

Surface Transportation Reauthorization

  • Increase funding in the reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Protram for the Transportation Enhancements Program; bike and pedestrian trails; the recreational trails program; boating safety and fishing education; safe routes to school; and other transportation related programs that imporve community health and liveability.

Health, Wellness and Physical Activity

  • Appropriate a minimum of $30 million for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) ACHIEVE Healthy Communities Program in FY11.

for more information, visit the NRPA WEB, www.nrpa.org or contact the NRPA Public Policy Office at 202-887-0290

ORPS Supports the

Legislative Strategic Goals of the Oklahoma Fit Kids Coalition

Vision:  The Oklahoma Fit Kids Coalition will be the change agent for the improving the health environment and behaviors of children and youth

Mission: To improve the health and well being of Oklahoma youth and families by reducing childhood obesity

Oklahoma Fit Kids Coalition Legislative Accomplishments  through 2006

Oklahoma Fit Kids Coalition Legislative update through 2008

2009 - 2010  involvement in SB 322, SB 399, SB 425, SB 1135, SB 1136, HB 1518, HB 1530, HB 1634, HB 1699, HB 1806, HB 1811

2010 - House Bill 1270 currently in the Health Education Committee

 

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