NPS Mission - National Park Service

More documents

Recommendations

Info

National Park Service FY 2013 Budget Justifications existing park or recreational areas by developing new or rehabilitating existing outdoor recreation and support facilities. Over 8,600 new park acres were added to the public recreation estate and in total over 33,000 new acres were permanently protected for outdoor recreation. LASA-31
National Park Service FY 2013 Budget Justifications Activity: State Conservation Grants Subactivity: State Conservation Grants Justification of FY 2013 Programmatic Changes The FY 2013 budget request for the State Conservation Grants Program is $36,500,000, a program change of -$5,638,000 from FY 2012 Enacted. Reduce Support for State Conservation Grants (FY 2012 Base: $42,138,000 / FY 2013 Request: -$5,638,000) Note: Reprogramming of FY 2012 funds is being proposed to allocate $37.1 million for grants based on formula and $5.0 million for grants based on a set of competitive criteria. Funding is requested to maintain basically level support to States for outdoor recreation and land conservation for this formulaic portion of grants distribution. Consistent with the LWCF Act, 40 percent of the total funding for LWCF State Conservation Grants would be equally apportioned among the 50 States as well as the District of Columbia and the Territories, which all share one apportionment. Of the 60 percent that can be allocated to the States by the Secretary on the basis of need, $20 million would be used for a proposed competitive grant program, which is discussed in greater detail in the next section. The remaining $13.9 million would be used according to the current formula that takes into account total and urban population per state. This funding would be used to acquire and develop lands for outdoor recreation including State participation in the 101 America’s Great Outdoors projects when appropriate and consistent with needs identified in the Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plans (SCORPs). These funds would also continue to assist States in developing and updating 5-year SCORPs, a prerequisite for participating in the LWCF program. Additional assistance in updating current SCORPs may be required to help States address the criteria and goals of the new competitive grant component. Approximately 175 grants would be funded at this level of request. Program Overview The State Conservation Grants program is a 1:1 Federal/non-Federal matching grant program. The State Conservation Grants program provides funding to States to acquire open spaces and natural areas for outdoor recreation purposes, and develop outdoor recreation facilities. Funding is also provided to assist States in development of SCORPs. These plans assess the need for new and enhanced outdoor recreation areas and facilities. More than 98 percent of grant funds are used for on-the-ground projects. Additionally, States are required to sustain the property for outdoor recreation purposes in perpetuity. Following the established formula for the usage of these funds under the LWCF Act, as noted above, the distribution must also stay within the stipulated ceiling of no more than 10 percent of the total Grants funding to be apportioned to any one state in a given year. States, using their Open Project Selection Process, which provides objective criteria and standards for grant selection based on each State’s priority needs as identified in its SCORP, are initially responsible for soliciting and selecting projects from eligible State agencies and local units of government. Projects are then submitted to NPS for review, primarily to ensure that LWCF Act criteria are met and proposed projects are consistent with the State SCORPs. Additional efforts will be focused in 2012 and 2013 on working with States to align State and Federal efforts to leverage in order to achieve maximum benefits and to accomplish the projects identified in the America’s Great Outdoors Fifty-State Report. FY 2013 Program Performance Performance in FY 2013 is based on the obligation and expenditure of a combination of current year funds, any unobligated funding from the two prior year appropriations, and a small amount of funds derived from Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act lease revenues. With this funding, the States/Territories and local units of government are expected to create, enhance and expand recreation opportunities through acquisition, development or rehabilitation in about 175 park areas. Through these grants, the LASA-32
Page 1 and 2:
NOTICE: These budget justifications
Page 3 and 4:
National Recreation and Preservatio
Page 5 and 6:
PAGE LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK iv
Page 7 and 8:
National Park Service FY 2013 Budge
Page 9 and 10:
Page 11 and 12:
Page 13 and 14:
Page 15 and 16:
Page 17 and 18:
Page 19 and 20:
Page 21 and 22:
Page 23 and 24:
Page 25 and 26:
Page 27 and 28:
Page 29 and 30:
Page 31 and 32:
Page 33 and 34:
Page 35 and 36:
Page 37 and 38:
Page 39 and 40:
Page 41 and 42:
Page 43 and 44:
Page 45 and 46:
Page 47 and 48:
Page 49 and 50:
Page 51 and 52:
Page 53 and 54:
Page 55 and 56:
Page 57 and 58:
Page 59 and 60:
National Park Service ERRATA FY 201
Page 61 and 62:
Page 63 and 64:
Page 65 and 66:
Page 67 and 68:
Page 69 and 70:
Page 71 and 72:
Page 73 and 74:
Page 75 and 76:
Page 77 and 78:
Page 79 and 80:
Page 81 and 82:
Page 83 and 84:
Page 85 and 86:
Page 87 and 88:
Page 89 and 90:
Page 91 and 92:
Page 93 and 94:
Page 95 and 96:
Page 97 and 98:
Page 99 and 100:
Page 101 and 102:
Page 103 and 104:
Page 105 and 106:
Page 107 and 108:
Page 109 and 110:
Page 111 and 112:
Page 113 and 114:
Page 115 and 116:
Page 117 and 118:
Page 119 and 120:
Page 121 and 122:
Page 123 and 124:
. National Park Service FY 2013 Bud
Page 125 and 126:
Page 127 and 128:
Page 129 and 130:
Page 131 and 132:
Page 133 and 134:
Page 135 and 136:
Page 137 and 138:
Page 139 and 140:
Page 141 and 142:
Page 143 and 144:
Page 145 and 146:
Page 147 and 148:
Page 149 and 150:
Page 151 and 152:
Page 153 and 154:
Page 155 and 156:
Page 157 and 158:
Page 159 and 160:
Page 161 and 162:
Page 163 and 164:
Page 165 and 166:
Page 167 and 168:
Page 169 and 170:
Page 171 and 172:
Page 173 and 174:
National Park Service ERRATA FY 201
Page 175 and 176:
Page 177 and 178:
Page 179 and 180:
Page 181 and 182:
Page 183 and 184:
Page 185 and 186:
Page 187 and 188:
Page 189 and 190:
Page 191 and 192:
Page 193 and 194:
Page 195 and 196:
Page 197 and 198:
Page 199 and 200:
Page 201 and 202:
Page 203 and 204:
Page 205 and 206:
Page 207 and 208:
Page 209 and 210:
Page 211 and 212:
Page 213 and 214:
Page 215 and 216:
Page 217 and 218:
Page 219 and 220:
Page 221 and 222:
Page 223 and 224:
Page 225 and 226:
Page 227 and 228:
Page 229 and 230:
Page 231 and 232:
Page 233 and 234:
Page 235 and 236:
Page 237 and 238:
Page 239 and 240:
Page 241 and 242:
Page 243 and 244:
Page 245 and 246:
Page 247 and 248:
Page 249 and 250:
Page 251 and 252:
Page 253 and 254:
Page 255 and 256:
Page 257 and 258:
Page 259 and 260:
Page 261 and 262:
Page 263 and 264:
Page 265 and 266:
Page 267 and 268:
Page 269 and 270:
Page 271 and 272:
Page 273 and 274:
Page 275 and 276:
Page 277 and 278:
Page 279 and 280:
Page 281 and 282:
Page 283 and 284:
Page 285 and 286:
Page 287 and 288:
Page 289 and 290:
Page 291 and 292:
Page 293 and 294:
Page 295 and 296:
Page 297 and 298:
Page 299 and 300:
Page 301 and 302:
Page 303 and 304:
Page 305 and 306:
Page 307 and 308:
Page 309 and 310:
Page 311 and 312:
Page 313 and 314:
Page 315 and 316:
Page 317 and 318:
Page 319 and 320:
Page 321 and 322:
Page 323 and 324:
Page 325 and 326:
Page 327 and 328:
Page 329 and 330:
Page 331 and 332:
Page 333 and 334:
Page 335 and 336:
Page 337 and 338:
Page 339 and 340: National Park Service FY 2013 Budge
Page 389: National Park Service FY 2013 Budge
Page 441 and 442:
Page 443 and 444:
Page 445 and 446:
Page 447 and 448:
Page 449 and 450:
Page 451 and 452:
Page 453 and 454:
Page 455 and 456:
Page 457 and 458:
Page 459 and 460:
Page 461 and 462:
Page 463 and 464:
Page 465:
show all

NPS Mission - National Park Service

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?