Amboy Crater, a volcanic cinder cone at Mojave Trails National Monument.    
Credit: Bob Wick/Bureau of Land Management

April 8, 2021 - Grand Junction, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today five Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) projects in four western states will receive recreational access funding from the program. Congress appropriated $13 million in recreational access funds in fiscal year 2020, and the BLM has allocated funds to these five projects.

1)    Table Rocks Special Recreation Management Area – Oregon
2)    Organ Mountains-Desert Peak National Monument – New Mexico
3)    Mojave Trails National Monument – California
4)    John Day National Wild and Scenic River – Oregon
5)    North Platte River Special Recreation Management Area – Wyoming

“Conservation of these special areas is an important milestone advancing the Biden Administration’s goal to conserve 30 percent of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030,” said Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior Nada Culver. “These five projects are outstanding representations of the goals of the LWCF program. They conserve important fish and wildlife habitat, secure public access to a variety of recreational activities and set aside exceptional places for all Americans to enjoy.”

For more information of these and other special places managed by the BLM for public enjoyment visit https://www.blm.gov.
Source: BLM