WCSH-TV5 • June 11, 2020
“It’s probably the most significant conservation bill that’s been passed in the Congress in the last 50 years," Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) said about The Great American Outdoors Act. The bill has two parts. “The permanent funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and the restore our parks act," King said. Parks like Acadia that have undone maintenance projects. The park also generates more than $300 million a year for the state's economy.