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President Donald Trump smiles as he speaks at the 68th annual National Prayer Breakfast, at the Washington Hilton, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump, Senate strike deal to fund conservation projects, restore national parks

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., speaks before an appearance by President Donald Trump at a campaign rally Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) ** FILE **

Senators reach $2B deal to boost conservation, parks

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2018, file photo, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., is shown at a gathering in Vancouver, Wash. A popular program that supports conservation and outdoor recreation projects across the country expired after Congress could not agree on language to extend it. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is expected to consider a bill offered by Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state, the panel’s top Democrat. Cantwell calls the conservation fund “the key tool” that Congress uses to help communities “preserve recreation opportunities and make the most cost-effective use of the land.” (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

Lawmakers work on fix after conservation fund lapses

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

In this April 24, 2014 photo, Matthew Zedwick stands at Tapiola Park in Astoria, Ore. Tapiola Park received a nearly $4,000 grant from the Land and Water Conservation Fund in 1972 for park improvements. Zedwick and five other veterans with the Vet Voice Foundation took a trip to Washington D.C. in April to meet with Oregon senators to discuss reauthorizing the Land and Water Conservation Fund. (Joshua Bessex/Daily Astorian via AP)

Oregon veteran on a mission to save outdoor spaces

By Kyle Spurr - Associated Press

U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, left, tours the Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Townsend, Georgia. Despite her actively backing renewal of a conservation fund, experts maintain her efforts may not be legally considered as lobbying. (associated press)

Lax laws allow Cabinet members to lobby

By Chloe Johnson - The Washington Times

Group to discuss conservation fund’s importance

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Correction: Cascade-Siskiyou Monument story

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