Omnibus Would Bring Millions To National Park Service

"A proposed budget [now enacted] to keep the federal government running through the rest of the fiscal year, which wraps up at the end of September, would bring millions of dollars to the National Park Service if approved by Congress.

The draft $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill released by congressional leaders Wednesday night includes increased funding for national park repairs and wildfire management. It calls for a 9.2 percent increase in the National Park Service Fiscal 2017 budget of $3.2 billion, an increase of roughly $270 million, and includes a $160 million increase to address park system's $11.6 billion repair backlog, according to the National Parks Conservation Association.

The omnibus would also create a new funding mechanism for  fighting wildfires so the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior will no longer have to repeatedly borrow money from other, non-fire priorities."

National Parks Traveler had the story March 22, 2018.

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2018/03/budget-congress-would-brin...

SEE ALSO:

"House Spending Bill Would Increase Funding For National Parks And Wildfire Suppression" (Washington Post)

"Plan To Drop Great Lakes Wolves From Endangered Species List Cut From Budget Bill" (Minneapolis Star Tribune)