Dear National Park Advocate,

National parks are another step closer to getting the care they need and deserve, but they need one thing to make it across the finish line: your voice.

In an overwhelming, bipartisan vote, the U.S. Senate has passed a bill to address backlogged park repairs and permanently fund the successful Land and Water Conservation Fund. Now leaders like your U.S. representative need to pass the same bill through the House of Representatives so parks -- and park communities -- can finally get the relief they need.

Tell your U.S. representative that you want them to do everything they can to pass the Great American Outdoors Act right away!

Parks and gateway communities are suffering through hard times... but shovel-ready projects to fix national parks could bring much-needed support to local economies that rely on outdoor recreation and tourism. That's one of the reasons the Senate has already passed this bipartisan bill -- and one of the reasons it's so important for park advocates to keep speaking out until the job is done.

National parks face at least $11.9 billion in backlogged repairs -- that's everything from trail maintenance to visitor center repairs to replacing old and unsafe electrical wiring.

Not only is the Great American Outdoors Act a big step in tackling parks' maintenance needs, it would also provide crucial funding for the Land And Water Conservation Fund -- one of the most successful conservation programs ever.

For more than a decade, we've all worked together to push leaders in Washington to get serious about park repairs. NPCA, along with our friends and allies have held thousands of meetings with legislators, we've made their phones ring off their hooks and we've filled their inboxes and newspapers with messages of support for national parks.

That work paid off in a big way for national parks -- if the House of Representatives finishes the job next week.

Tell your U.S. representative to support America's national parks by passing the Great American Outdoors Act!

Thank you for all you've done to get us here. And thank you for all you do for America's national parks.


John Garder
Senior Director, Budget and Appropriations

Photo: Grand Canyon National Park
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