UPDATE

July 29, 2005 (Washington, DC) - The House and Senate have given final approval to the conference report on the fiscal year 2006 Interior Appropriations bill, restoring some funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which the House had previously voted to zero-out. The final bill provides $114 million for federal land acquisition, down from $169 million last year, and $28 million for state park and recreation projects, a reduction from the $92.5 million approved last year. The combined total of $142 million allocated to LWCF’s federal and stateside programs amounts to the lowest level of funding provided in the last decade.  For more info:

http://www.wilderness.org/NewsRoom/Release/20050729.cfm