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43 Ecology L. Currents 1 (2016)

handle is hein.journals/ecolwcur43 and id is 1 raw text is: Congress Must Act to Fully Fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund Andrew J. Lewis* INTRODUCTION This past summer my family celebrated my grandfather's 90th birthday by walking the Civil War battlefield at Chancellorsville, Virginia. The battlefield forms a section of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, 7600 acres of rural Virginia stitched together by twenty-three miles of trails.1 History enthusiasts wander the hallowed grounds in awe, walking over the very terrain where 85,000 American's were wounded and 15,000 died for their convictions.2 Visitors interested more generally in outdoor recreation can lose themselves walking along the ten mile shore of Lake Anna, a 3127 acre sub- park boasting one of the most popular lakes in the Commonwealth of Virginia.3 As of October 2015, 1,836,626 people had visited the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park that year to reflect on its past and glory in its natural beauty.4 None of it would have been possible without over $3 million in support from the United States Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).5 For the last fifty years, the LWCF has been a rousing policy success, but today it is in danger. While Congress recently granted the fund a temporary renewal, its future and funding remain in jeopardy. This Article will discuss the history of the LWCF, its undeniably positive impacts, and the shortcomings of Copyright D 2016 by Andrew J. Lewis * Class of 2016, University of California, Berkeley School of Law 1. Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania: Nature, U.S. NAT'L PARK SERV., http://www.nps.gov/frsp/learn/nature/index.htm (last visited Mar. 28, 2016). 2. Id. 3. Lake Anna State Park, V.A. DEP'T OF CONSERVATION & RECREATION, http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/lake-anna#general information (last visited Mar. 28, 2016). 4. Monthly Public Use Report. Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania NMP, U.S. NAT'L PARK SERV., https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/SSRSReports/Park%20Specific%2Reports/Monthly%2Public%2OUse?Park =FRSP (last visited Apr. 13, 2016) (select Oct 2015 from the Rep Date drop-down menu). 5. Mapping the Land and Water Conservation Fund, WILDERNESS Soc'Y, http://wilderness.org/mapping-land-and-water-conservation-fund-lwcf (last visited Mar. 28, 2016) (search Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in website's search engine). 1

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