This vote is the result of a decades-long effort to ensure full and permanent funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Next, the House will need to pass the legislation and the president will need to sign it.

Washington’s senators have been vocal advocates for public lands for years, and were co-sponsors on this legislation.

Thank Senators Cantwell and Murray for their strong support of public lands and the Great American Outdoors Act!

This broadly-supported, bipartisan legislation was already in the queue for action in Congress before the COVID-19 crisis hit. In the months to come, our nation’s parks, trails, and outdoor spaces will be integral to our nation's coping and recovery. These public lands are a critical economic driver for communities big and small, urban and rural, across Washington. If signed into law, the package will ensure the dedication of $900 million annually for public lands, and provide billions more to address maintenance backlogs.

The Senate’s passage of the Great American Outdoors Act brings us a step closer to ensuring strong, permanent funding of public lands. Thank our Senators for their incredible work in passing the Great American Outdoors Act!

Great parks and open green spaces make stronger, healthier communities, and everyone deserves safe access to the outdoors and the countless benefits parks provide. Now more than ever, we need to make sure that everyone has close-to-home access to outdoor recreation, and that these places are protected and maintained so they can continue to provide these benefits for decades and generations to come.

Thanks for all you do,

Hau'oli Kahaleuahi
Communications Associate