{"id":4451,"date":"2018-09-28T16:03:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T20:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/wyden-merkley-announce-lwcf-grants-in-oregon\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:08:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:08:07","slug":"wyden-merkley-announce-lwcf-grants-in-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-announce-lwcf-grants-in-oregon\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyden y Merkley anuncian subvenciones de la LWCF en Oreg\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>Washington DC<\/i><\/b>&nbsp;&ndash; U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that 11 local and state park projects in Oregon received nearly $2.9 million in Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grants this week.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>&ldquo;These resources for Oregon parks prove once again the tremendous value that the Land and Water Conservation Fund has long provided across our state and country,&rdquo; <\/b>dijo Wyden. <b>&ldquo;These investments allow children and families to enjoy the outdoors right in their neighborhoods, and I will continue the fight to ensure the fund receives full funding so these parks can flourish for generations to come.&rdquo;<u5_p><\/u5_p><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>&ldquo;Oregon&rsquo;s parks and public lands are part of what make our state great, and ensuring these resources are safe, up-to-date and accessible is important to all Oregonians&rsquo; quality of life,&rdquo; <\/b>dijo Merkley.<b> &ldquo;This investment in outdoor recreation across the state will help keep our public parks beautiful and accessible well into the future.&rdquo;<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The LWCF State &amp; Local Assistance Program provides matching grants for local and state park projects outside national park boundaries.&nbsp; LWCF grants are locally determined and competed at the state level.<\/p>\n<p>The LWCF grant recipients in Oregon, amounts and the purpose of the grants are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Honeyman Bike Camp and Restroom, Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation, $665,000. Replace two 1960-era wood restroom facilities with one new, centrally located ADA-compliant facility including upgraded water, electrical and plumbing systems. Re-purpose original restroom sites for campground firewood services and expanded hiker\/biker facilities.<u5_p><\/u5_p><\/li>\n<li>Silver Falls Water System Rehabilitation, Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation, $350,500, Upgrade a 58-year-old, 150,000-gallon wood water tank at to a steel plate water tank of equal size and rehabilitate plumbing and electrical systems.<u5_p><\/u5_p><\/li>\n<li>Crowell Woods Park, &nbsp;Tualatin Hills Park &amp; Recreation District, $389,092, Develop the new 7.5-acre Crowell Woods Park&nbsp;with traditional and nature play areas, community garden, trails, landscaping, a picnic shelter, and park roads.&nbsp;<u5_p><\/u5_p><\/li>\n<li>Commonwealth Lake Park Bridge Replacement. Tualatin Hills Park &amp; Recreation District, $60,554. Replace a deteriorated and inaccessible bridge and complete habitat improvements at Commonwealth Lake Park.&nbsp;<u5_p><\/u5_p><\/li>\n<li>River Forks Park, Douglas County, $310,375. Replace two obsolete restrooms at River Forks Park, which is the county&#8217;s most heavily used recreation area.&nbsp;<u5_p><\/u5_p><\/li>\n<li>Early Settlers Park, Sublimity, $126,000. Install permanent ADA restrooms and connecting sidewalks.<u5_p><\/u5_p><\/li>\n<li>Frances Street Park, Hillsboro, $90,317. Complete development of the nine-acre park including a picnic shelter, a sand volleyball court, and other ADA improvements.<u5_p><\/u5_p><\/li>\n<li>Central Park Playground, Corvallis, $286,442. Replace obsolete playground and gazebo, install turf, picnic tables, and park furnishings.<u5_p><\/u5_p><\/li>\n<li>Madras Spray Park, Madras, $250,000. Build a play area, renovate bathroom and complete site improvements.<u5_p><\/u5_p><\/li>\n<li>Whitehorse Park Renovation, Josephine County, $305,000. Completely renovate an old campground at and improve access to the adjacent Bureau of Land Management (BLM) owned water trailhead on the national Wild &amp; Scenic Rogue River.&nbsp;<u5_p><\/u5_p><\/li>\n<li>Trail Head, Wetland and Natural Playground, Wood Village, $45,819. Develop a new trailhead with parking and road improvements; create wetland and natural playground; and install walkways and landscaping at the newly expanded Donald L. Robertson Park.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Una versi\u00f3n web de este comunicado est\u00e1 disponible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/wyden-merkley-announce-lwcf-grants-in-oregon\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<u5_p><\/u5_p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;&ndash; U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that 11 local and state park projects in Oregon received nearly $2.9 million in Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grants this week. &ldquo;These resources for Oregon parks prove once again the tremendous value that the Land and Water Conservation Fund has long provided [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-4451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-natural-resources-and-rural-development"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wyden, Merkley Announce LWCF Grants in Oregon - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-announce-lwcf-grants-in-oregon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wyden, Merkley Announce LWCF Grants in Oregon - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Washington, D.C.&nbsp;&ndash; U.S. Sens. 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