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Coalition to Restore 

 Urban Waters 



Political Action Committee 



THE CRUV POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SUPPORTS THE FOLLOWING 

 - SPECIFIC POLICY INITIATIVES - 



* Increase the participation of state and local conservation corps In watervay 

 restoration. 



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existing and new federal, state and local funding 

 Itles for local and state conservation corps 



* Develop a nationwide training and jobs creation program to engage 

 conservation corps In waterways restoration 



Develop collaborative waterway restoration projects with the National 

 Community Service Corporation, Araerlcorps programs. 



Strengthen waterways parks and greenway programs 



* Support Senator Johnston's legislation which will appropriate funding 

 for previously unfunded Land and Water Conservation Fund projects and 

 provide funds for new projects. Work with Johnston and Congressman 

 Miller to amend the LWCF Act (P.L. 90-542) to enable non-profits to 

 receive land and Water Conservation Funds in addiclon to state and 

 local governments. The coalition has agreed that the emphasis of this 

 program should remain with acquisition projects because of the great 

 limitation of federal funding for land acquisition. 



* Support augmentation of the National Park Service Rivers, Trails and 

 Conservation Assistance program in order for the NPS to take part in 

 federal-local cost-sharing program to provide community "seed" grants 

 for rivers and trails projects. 



* Support appropriations to the National Park Service to acquire river 

 floodplains for the purpose of carrying out multl- objective floodplaln 

 management programs. 



Develop new missions for federal water agencies In waterway restoration and 

 watershed management 



* Support Congresswoman Elizabeth Furse's Waterways Restoration Act of 

 1994. H.R. 4289. This legislation redirects funds from traditional 

 dam, channelization and bank stabilization projects under P.L. 566 to 

 river, wetland and waterway restoration projects. 



