Episode 25: LWCF with Land Tawney & Chelsea Cassens

Land & Water Conservation Fund LWCF: Land Tawney and Chelsea Cassens – Podcast Episode 25

LWCF Background:

Since its inception in 1964, the Land & Water Conservation Fund or LWCF has supported over 40,000 projects across every single county in the United States.  Billions of dollars have been funneled to local communities across the country. This has had a direct positive impact on parks, campgrounds, green space, clean water, and open space. Call your representatives in Washington DC today at 202-224-3121 and ask for permanent re-authorization & full funding.

This week, Land Tawney, CEO of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and Oregon BHA Chapter board member Chelsea Cassens join Jeff Jones & Todd Waldron to share their personal stories about how LWCF makes a positive impact on their families.

Listen to Land’s incredible story about duck hunting with his daughter near home in Missoula. Chelsea’s story about her husband Tanner’s sheep tag for the John Day River unit is absolutely epic – listen to how it connected their family with Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and shaped Chelsea’s conservation leadership. Jeff shares how his daughter and her friends connect to the outdoors through LWCF and Todd shares some personal camping stories from the Adirondacks.

LWCF Facts:

On Sunday, September 30th the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), one of our country’s most successful outdoor conservation tools, is set to expire. We’re asking you to take action to prevent it from happening.  Since its bi-partisan inception in 1964, the LWCF has contributed close to $4 billion for federal, state and local governments to sustain important lands, waters, conserve fish and wildlife habitat. It ultimately enhances public access to those very same lands and waters.

Click HERE to take action today!

Here are some important basics on the LWCF – for more information, click HERE

2.3 million acres of forest have been protected through grants provided by the LWCF.

Each $1.00 of LWCF money invested creates $4.00 in economic value.

To find an LWCF project near you, Click HERE  

The LWCF is funded by a portion of royalties the federal government collects from offshore oil and gas production.  As the Land and Water Conservation Fund Coalition explains:

“It was a simple idea: use revenues from the depletion of one natural resource – offshore oil and gas – to support the conservation of another precious resource – our land and water.”  Simple to understand and easy to support.

Call your representatives in Washington DC today at 202-224-3121 and ask for permanent re-authorization & full funding.

Check out these incredible photos of the John Day River in Oregon – relating to Chelsea’s story about her husband Tanner’s sheep tag and how this trip brought them into the BHA family:

John Day River – Oregon