Part 3 in the 3 part series of the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

In this episode, I’ll provide a review of the programs listed under the Land and Water Conservation Fund and discuss some of the limitations before sharing some complicated predictions for the future.

Spoiler: If the future seems bright, you're the deer in the headlights.

Report: Tribal Access to the Land and Water Conservation Fund: https://www.wilderness.org/sites/default/files/media/file/Tribal%20Access%20to%20the%20LWCF.pdf 

Outer Continental Shelf definition: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1331&num=0&edition=prelim 

Biden banning offshore oil and gas: https://www.opb.org/article/2025/01/06/biden-offshore-drilling-ban-oil-gas/

Mineral Leasing Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGUBxgz_6Ak 

LWCF Manual: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/lwcf/lwcf-manual.htm 

Federal, State, Tribe Government Relations: https://www.ncsl.org/about-state-legislatures/separation-of-powers-state-tribal-relations-and-interstate-compacts 

LWCF recommendations from Tribes: https://www.wilderness.org/articles/blog/needed-federal-conservation-program-designed-tribes