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

The Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District continues to make progress toward the completion of a water and utilities project at Apache Dam through money received via the Great American Outdoors Act. This $140,000 Apache Dam repair project will focus on downstream embankment repairs and implementing a new trash rack to stop clogging and concrete repairs at the outlet and the secondary spillway. The Dam was built for irrigational and flood control purposes and over years of neglect in upkeep, repairs were warranted to prevent an overtopping event.

Andersonville National Historic Site would like to wish a happy fourth anniversary to the Great American Outdoors Act! The Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) is a significant investment that is reducing the burden of backlogged maintenance and repair projects in national parks. In honor of the anniversary, National Park sites that have fees will have a Fee Free Day on Sunday August 4. This does not apply to Andersonville National Historic Site; we are always a fee free park!

The Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) is making a huge difference by funding over $6 billion in maintenance and repair projects in national parks throughout the country. On August 4, all National Park Service entrance fees will be waived to celebrate the 4-year anniversary of the historic legislation, one of six entrance fee-free days in 2024.

On Sunday, August 4, the Department of the Interior will commemorate the four-year anniversary of the signing of the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) by waiving entrance fees at all lands managed by the Department. Other fees, such as overnight camping, cabin rentals, group day use and use of special areas, remain in effect. The GAOA is a bipartisan investment that improves visitor experiences, bolsters climate resilience and invests in the economy by creating good-paying jobs in our national parks, wildlife refuges, recreation areas and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)-funded schools.

Acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior Laura Daniel-Davis traveled to Massachusetts this week to highlight investments from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda and the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA). Together, these historic investments are enabling the Interior Department to deploy unprecedented funding to address overdue maintenance and repairs and meet critical ecosystem resilience, restoration and environmental planning needs.

Many who love the National Park Service are making plans to celebrate the anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Glen Canyon) will join national parks nationwide by providing free park entrance on that day. The fee waiver includes entrance fees only. Other fees such as camping, tours, concession and fees collected by third parties are not included in the fee waiver.

As the 100th anniversary of the stately Ahwahnee hotel in Yosemite National Park approaches, an approximately $35 million seismic strengthening project funded by the Great American Outdoors Act is well underway, with a completion date set for winter 2024.

The Tour Road Improvement Project is complete! Learn about the new resources and features available as well as the funding that made this project possible. On May 29, 2024 Saratoga NHP hosted a grand opening of all the new wayside exhibits and paths at the tour stops.

This summer, Hampton National Historic Site will begin to rehabilitate many of its significant historic structures with funding from the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) Legacy Restoration Fund. The restoration of the buildings and historic landscape will increase the park's ability to share the complex history of Hampton and the enslaved, indentured, and free people who lived and labored there.

The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture announced a proposed investment of $2.8 billion in fiscal year 2025 through the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) to protect and sustain our public lands and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)-funded schools. Proposed projects will occur in all 50 U.S. states, Washington D.C., and multiple U.S. territories.