Tag: National Parks

Bill will help pay for $11 billion National Park maintenance backlog, including buildings, campgrounds, trails and water systems   U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined a group of eight senators and two representatives to introduce a bipartisan, bicameral bill that will use revenues from energy production on federal lands to help pay for the over $11 billion maintenance backlog at U.S. national parks. The legislation was announced during a press conference with Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Daines and his Senate and House colleagues have been working with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on the National Park Restoration Act, which will help restore and rebuild roads, buildings, campgrounds,

Daines set to introduce legislation to implement Administration’s proposal to help restore and rebuild national parks U.S. SENATE — United States Senator Steve Daines released the following statement on the inclusion of a proposal to help address the National Park Service maintenance backlog in President Trump’s infrastructure plan and the Department of the Interior’s Fiscal Year 2019 budget request. In the coming weeks, Daines will introduce legislation to implement the Administration’s proposal to help restore and rebuild national parks. “Montana’s national parks are national treasures that must be accessible to Montanans and Americans across the country. They are important drivers of our