National Park Service Awards Over $730,000 to North Dakota Communities

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the National Park Service, through the North Dakota Department of Parks and Recreation, awarded a total of $733,487 to the following projects through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF): 

• $72,000 to the Mandan Park District towards the replacement of an existing playground at the Legion Park in order to improve accessibility and update the exterior of the warming house.
• $191,515 to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians to build a splash pad at Ox Creek Park in Belcourt, ND.
• $55,000 to Finley, ND, to renovate Finley Park by replacing the current non-ADA compliant playground equipment with new, improved, safer ADA compliant equipment.
• $80,000 to Wishek, ND, to renovate their outdoor swimming pool by: fixing leaking pipes, replacing the pool filter system, installing new concrete pool walls, floor and PVC liner.
• $204,120 to Lakota, ND, for the conversion of the currently unused and damaged wading pool into a zero-entry wading pool with splash features.
• $130,852 to Hazen, ND, to improve public outdoor recreation opportunity for the community by renovating North Star Park.

Background: 

In 2019, Senator Cramer helped pass the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, which was signed into law by President Trump in March 2019. The bill reauthorized and reformed the LWCF program, primarily funded by offshore oil and natural gas leasing revenues, so states receive at least 40 percent of its funding. Traditionally, the majority of investments were spent on federal land acquisition.