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US industry celebrates Outdoors Act

11/08/2020
US industry celebrates Outdoors Act

The conservation bill will provide $900 million in annual funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and address the nearly $20 billion deferred maintenance backlog on federal public lands.

Lise Aangeenbrug, executive director of OIA, said: “Making the ‘Great American Outdoors Act’ law accomplishes what the outdoor industry has always endeavoured to do – support thousands of jobs, open up access to outdoor areas for more people, and give local communities more tools to thrive economically.

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