Great American Outdoors Act National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund Newsroom

BIE Celebrates Five Years of GAOA LRF Campus Improvements (www.bie.edu)

08/04/2025

Thanks to the Great American Outdoors Act Legacy Restoration Fund, the Bureau of Indian Education has made significant progress over the past five years in modernizing school campuses and creating safe, sustainable learning environments for students and staff. These investments have enabled BIE to address longstanding infrastructure needs across multiple Tribal communities, supporting the agency’s mission while restoring the physical foundation of BIE’s education system. 

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The Great American Outdoors Act: Five years of transforming public lands (www.blm.gov)

08/01/2025

On Aug. 4, 2020, President Donald J. Trump signed the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) into law, marking a historic moment for outdoor recreation and conservation in the United States. In the five years since its passage, this landmark legislation has provided significant resources for federal land management agencies – including the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Education, and U.S. Forest Service – to improve public lands and waters for the benefit of visitors and local communities nationwide.

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Interior Department Celebrates Fifth Anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act with Fee-Free Day on Public Lands (www.doi.gov)

07/30/2025

Monday, Aug. 4, marks five years since President Donald J. Trump signed the Great American Outdoors Act into law, establishing a generational investment in America’s public lands. This landmark bipartisan legislation funds repairs to critical infrastructure and improves access to national parks, wildlife refuges, recreation areas, and Bureau of Indian Education-funded schools.

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Valley Forge National Historical Park Releases Request for Proposals to Lease the Kennedy Supplee Mansion (www.nps.gov)

07/25/2025

With funding from the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), the National Park Service plans to fully rehabilitate the Kennedy Supplee Mansion and the surrounding Port Kennedy area. The mansion itself will receive a full exterior and interior rehabilitation, including all new building systems. The associated carriage house will also be rehabilitated. Utilities will be upgraded as necessary. Driveways, parking lots and the surrounding landscape will also be improved.

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National Park Service completes a Great American Outdoors project along the C&O Canal towpath (www.nps.gov)

07/25/2025

The National Park Service (NPS) today celebrated the completion of the stabilization project of a historic drylaid stone wall at Mile 11 with funding from the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) Legacy Restoration Fund. This approximately 1,015 linear foot long wall historically called the “Log Wall” plays a critical role in supporting the towpath and the canal prism and protecting them from the waters of the Potomac River. The rehabilitated historic wall ensures future generations will continue to learn and enjoy the C&O Canal in its historical context.

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BLM to repair Dry Fork Road culverts; temporary closure, detour scheduled (www.blm.gov)

07/11/2025

Through-traffic will be limited on Dry Fork Road in south Phillips County, Montana, July 23 through mid-August, as contractors work to replace two damaged 4-feet-diameter culverts running under the road. The culvert repair project is funded by the Great American Outdoors Act, helping the Bureau of Land Management provide access to public lands and the unique resources they steward.

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