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nvironment News Service : Bipartisan Sen . . . Compromise Pledges $ 3 B for Conservation http : //ens . lycos . com/ens/J* ul2000/2000L- 07 - 17- 06 . html $ 50 million a year . It does not provide for federal land acquisition . The bill guarantees at least $ 75 million a year in funding for state and tribal historic preservation efforts - $ 15 million for the American Battlefield Protection Program , and $ 60 million for federal historic preservation efforts . No federal land acquisition is allowed . The National Park Service and Indian Lands Restoration would get $ 125 million to provide money for significant natural , cultural or historical resources at National Park Service units that are threatened or in need of restoration . This includes annual funding for financial assistance for the restoration of tribal lands . America ' s aging parks system , like Alcatraz f a Island in California ' s Gateway National Recreation Area , would get funds for maintenance and ,. , 4 1 ` repairs '~ .Y . " The funding that the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is offering for national park resource protection originated with a bill that Senator Bob Graham introduced earlier in this Congress , and he deserves special recognition for winning the funds to protect our parks , " said Thomas Kiernan , president of the National Parks Conservation Association . " We did not get all the funding that the parks need , but with the support of senators Jeff Bingaman and Frank Murkowski , Senator Graham ' s initial effort has paid off . Now we turn our attention to the full Senate . We hope the Senate will recognize that our beleaguered national parks hold a special place in American hearts and seize this opportunity to give a gift to the American people . " Under the Forest Legacy Program , states will be able to use $ 50 million to buy conservation easements on forest lands threatened with development , as well as fund programs for brush reduction , the thinning of dead or dying trees and new tree plantings . It will allow for continued productive economic use of the land , such as timber harvesting . Another $ 50 million would go to the Farm and Ranch Land Protection Program that limits development of farmland for non - agricultural uses . Among the changes from the House version is the inclusion of full , $ 60 million funding for the Youth Conservation Corps , a summer employment program on public lands for young people between the ages of 1 . 5 and 18 . -7 / 1 oie) nnn 1 . n �7 DX