A few Republicans hoping to win in battleground states in 2020 are looking to a proposal for Congress to permanently fund a popular conservation program that could prove popular with Democratic and Republican voters alike.
It’s been just two months since President Donald Trump signed a conservation and lands package that permanently reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund. But conservation backers—including two of the more vulnerable Senate Republicans heading into the 2020 elections, Sens. Cory Gardner (Colo.) and Susan Collins (Maine)—still want to essentially guarantee LWCF funding each year.
Backing mandatory conservation funding isn’t new for ...
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