Funding – Land Between the Lakes

13 Sep 2016

Sustainable Recreation Arrives

Camping, Community, Customer Service, Environmental Education, Funding, Homeplace, Maintenance, Nature Station, Planetarium, Recreation, Sustainable Recreation, Trailsbudget, Kentucky, land between the lakes, public, recreation, tennessee

Dear Friends, Over these past four years we have been adjusting and adapting our programs and services in order to balance our budget as it “down sized.” We’re in better shape than other Forest Service units because of our prioritizing strategies we worked on together in our 2012 Budget Reduction Open Houses. Today we want to include you in our part of the region-wide effort to achieve sustainable recreation. Sustainable Recreation = Recreation that Lasts Our regional facilities budget has decreased by more than half and our recreation operations budget has gone down by 12 percent since 2012. We are…

07 Jan 2016

By LBL_Admin

Land Management, Recreation, and Funding

Funding, Natural Resource Management, Questions from the Publicbudget, funding, Kentucky, land between the lakes, land management, revenue, tennessee, timber, vegetation

Has the budget for campgrounds, and facilities such as Nature Station and Homeplace been effected by costs of land management such as logging? Has spending on these areas increased or decreased over the past 10 years? Summary The budget for campgrounds and facilities stands independent of the budget for vegetation management, such as timber sale preparation and administration. As a result of that, recreation and facilities funding have not been affected. As with all National Forest’s budget in recreation and facilities, over the past 10 years there has been an overall decline in appropriations. For the Land Between The Lakes,…

15 Dec 2015

By LBL_Admin

Cost for managing an oak-grassland habitat

Elk & Bison Prairie, Funding, Natural Resource Management, Questions from the Public, Restoration, Wildlifehabitat, land management, wildlife

What is the anticipated costs and what is currently budgeted for maintenance of the existing '8600' acres of savanna/grass lands? Accounting data for the costs of this project (8,600)? We project out our costs for programs such as timber and fire then submit a request for funding annually. This is done as one budget item. We do not break it down into such detail. As land managers we take into account our areas that need treatments and plan for those areas several years in advance. You can find more information about where we spend our funds in one of our…

26 Jun 2015

By LBL_Admin

Where does the money go?

Funding, Questions from the Publicbudget, funding, Kentucky, land between the lakes, public, questions, Tennesee

Q&A Budget The following question was asked at our June 11, 2015 public listening session at Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park. Where does the money go? Funding – Budget Our annual operating budget in fiscal year 2014 was approximately $12.3 million: $8.1 million in federal appropriations and $4.2 million in retained receipts. Budget Structure The budget structure determined by Congress for Land Between The Lakes provides two sources of annual funding: 1) An appropriated amount and 2) retained receipts also known as revenue. By design, one-third of all annual costs are covered by revenue in order for Land…

23 Jun 2015

By LBL_Admin

Questions from the Public

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Q&A Index Scroll down for links to notes and Q&A's. June 23, 2015 Dear Friends, It is my hope to be transparent in our management practices at Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area. We want to collaborate with you, members of the public and our partners, to make Land Between The Lakes the best it can be for our visitors, gateway communities, and our region. We will be answering questions originated from the various discussions, listening sessions, and meetings we held with members of the public and our partners. This Q&A Index will provide links to these questions and…

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