And to all you "Bush bashers" in here, I'd like to remind you of what the alternative to President Bush was - Al Gore. Now if you would rather have that POS as President, I suggest you go back to DU where you belong. No administration is perfect - but the alternative in this case would have meant the end of America as we know it.
Or do you just need something - anything - to bitch about? Grow up.
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.