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Senate Approves $2.8B Plan to Boost Conservation, Parks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has approved a bipartisan bill that would spend nearly $3 billion on conservation projects, outdoor recreation and maintenance of national parks and other public lands.
Supporters say the measure would be the most significant conservation legislation enacted in nearly half a century.
The 73-25 vote sends the Great American Outdoors Act to the House, where approval is expected.
The bill would spend about $900 million a year, about double current spending, on the popular Land and Water Conservation Fund, and $1.9 billion per year on improvements at national parks, forests, wildlife refuges and range lands.
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