 Land and Water Conservation Fund

The United States' Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) is a federal program that was established by Act of Congress in 1965 to provide funds and matching grants to federal, state and local governments for the acquisition of land and water, and easements on land and water, for the benefit of all Americans.The main emphases of the fund are recreation and the protection of national natural treasures in the forms of parks and protected forest and wildlife areas.