Survey of Certain Aspects of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Grant Program to the States

Lands acquired and/or developed with Land and Water Conservation Fund assistance are not being consistently inspected by the states or the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation to ensure that the properties are properly selected and developed and adequately maintained in accordance with the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act. Although the adverse effects of not making required inspections were relatively minor, there is a clear need for the Bureau to evaluate its site inspection program requirements.

In several instances, local sponsors were not aware of the federal requirements and restrictions on Land and Water Conservation Fund assisted properties. This situation could result in Fund property being converted to nonoutdoor recreation uses. Actual site inspections during project development are important because they can provide the Bureau with the opportunity to correct project deficiencies before a significant amount of federal funds have been expended.

Recommendations

Our recommendations from this work are listed below with a Contact for more information. Status will change from "In process" to "Open," "Closed - implemented," or "Closed - not implemented" based on our follow up work.

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