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Today, the Great American Outdoors Act was signed into law. This landmark legislation protects our cherished public lands for the long haul by securing full permanent funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and investing billions of dollars to fund long-overdue maintenance projects on public lands across the country.

Full funding for the LWCF has been a personal mission of mine for years. It began in 2015, when I introduced a bill that would permanently fund the LWCF. Some of you may have even attended the rally at Gas Works Park in Seattle -- which was funded with LWCF money -- in the summer of 2016, where Secretary Jewell and Congressman Dave Reichert joined me to advocate for it.

Four years after that rally, and almost one year after my bipartisan public lands package permanently reauthorized the LWCF, the Great American Outdoors Actsecures full LWCF funding. This $900 million per year is not from taxpayers, but rather from offshore oil and gas royalties. Corporate entities that have benefited from the wealth of our lands will now bear the cost of preserving them.

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The Great American Outdoors Actis a boon for the environment as well as the economy. Outdoor recreation in the U.S. is an $887 billion industry that supports millions of jobs throughout the country.

Thanks to the Great American Outdoors Act, we will have the resources to maintain and conserve places like Mount Rainier National Park and Olympic National Park for years to come -- all while supporting a vital sector of the economy and providing local jobs that can't be outsourced.

It's been a long road, but worth every step. This victory would not be possible without your support, including the many of you who signed the petition last month to urge President Trump to sign this bill into law.

Thank you for being on this journey with me. If you can, please consider contributing today to help me continue to defend the lands that make our country great.
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Thank you,
Maria Cantwell

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