MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS • August 3, 2022
On August 4, the Department of the Interior will celebrate the two-year anniversary of the signing of the Great American Outdoors Act. The law, which passed with strong bipartisan support, is the single largest investment in public lands in U.S. history. It provides funding for much-needed maintenance of infrastructure in our national parks and public lands. Entrance fees will be waived on Aug. 4 at all fee-collecting public lands managed by the DOI.