Welcome to the LWCF Project Toolkit - an LWCF Coalition resource dedicated to educating stakeholders, lawmakers, and the general public on LWCF’s 10 sub-programs. The toolkit is intended to provide information and guidance on the types of conservation and recreation access projects that can be achieved under each program, the process by which they are developed, and how communities and partners can access LWCF funding.

BELOW ARE LINKS TO INDIVIDUAL PAGES providing further details ON THE LWCF-funded FEDERAL LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE GRANT PROGRAMS:

LWCF Program Index:

  • Federal Land Acquisition Programs: National Parks, Wildlife Refuges, National Forests, National Trails, and other Federal Land Units

  • State and Local Assistance Program: “Stateside” - State and Local Parks, Forests, Playgrounds, Trails, etc…

  • Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) Program: City Parks

  • Forest Legacy Program: Private/Working Forest Conservation

  • American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP): Non-Federal Historic Battlefields

  • Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund Section 6 Grants: Threatened and Endangered Species Wildlife Habitat

  • Highlands Grant Program: Watershed Conservation in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania

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