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In the CARA Compromise of 2000 Congress made a committment to 100% fund($900 million yearly) the the Land and Water Conservation Fund(Title 2 of CARA) for 7 consecutive years and thus far have honored that committment. The same committment was made to the Urban Park & Recreation Recovery Act Fund($125 million yearly) and National Historic Preservation($100 million yearly). It is likely that other Titles within CARA were also funded. And perhaps new ones as well. In as much as support for this in Congress is extremely high, the only influence Bush might possibly have is how the money is spent since it is administered by Interior. But he surely would'nt take a chance on stepping on the toes of a congressman.

To Bush's credit, he was able to convince Congress to fund his environmental programs. These are grants to private property owners to manage their property in consideration of listed species or invasive species, or etc. In the FY 2002 budget he got about $ 50 million out of the $450 million federal portion of LWCF. He is asking for $100 million in FY2003.

You can bash Bush all you want but it only shows that you don't know what you are talking about. If you want to stop the Feds from buying private property, you need to talk to Congress.

"You can bash Bush all you want but it only shows that you don't know what you are talking about."

That's pretty weak Ben.

Have you ever heard of a veto?

Did he veto CARA?

Did he veto the incumbant protection act (CFR)?

Has he vetoed any of the destructive garbage that has come out of congress?

I'll save you the trouble; NO!

Mr. Ficklin,

I have tried that. And i will continue to bash the Shrub when he deserves it. He barely knew what the "Roadless Area Conservation Initiative" was. (BTW, it's back).

I assure you that after 10+ years of studying the issue, i do know what i am talking about. How much time and in what areas have you studied?

You can bash Bush all you want but it only shows that you don't know what you are talking about. If you want to stop the Feds from buying private property, you need to talk to Congress.

I did not say a thing about the Bush kid. I only commented on the silly Bush groupies who purposefully confuse Congress with the Bush appointed bureaucrats.