Redrock News: New act may boost land protections

One of biggest pieces of recent legislation you might have never heard of is the Great American Outdoors Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump on Aug. 4.

The law is likely to be felt in the Verde Valley because it multiplies the cash in the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a fund that federal agencies can tap to buy parcels of private land to add to national forests, national parks and other public lands. The fund is also shared with states to improve state and city parks. Read more…