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Show Interior Dept. Funds Coming to Utah WASHINGTON Utah has been apportioned $2,065, 151 under two separate Department De-partment of Interior programs pro-grams for fiscal 1973, according ac-cording to Rep. Sherman P. Lloyd, R-Utah. The Utah Congressman said that Department figures fig-ures released this week showed an apportionment of $1,991,619 for the state from the Land and Water Conservation Conser-vation Fund. The money is available to the States for grants to equally match funds they provide for State, County and municipal out door recreation area acquisitions acquis-itions and developments. "Utah has also been apportioned ap-portioned $73,532 for Historic Histor-ic Preservation programs. These funds must also be matched with non - federal funds and are used to assist in identifying recording and preserving public and private pri-vate sites of historical, ar-cheological ar-cheological or architectural significance," Lloyd said. "The Land and Water Conservation Con-servation Fund, which has enabled Utah and other states sta-tes to go ahead with many valuable outdoor recreation projects, has been increased from $200 million to $300 million mil-lion a year under the Nixon Administration. This is a key, element in the 'Legacy of Parks' program which will insure open space and recreation rec-reation opportunities for Americans now and in the future," Lloyd said. Lloyd noted that nearly 10,000 grant projects have ; been funded in the seven years of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and that '. 5,000 of these have occurred ; during the past three years. ; Since the inception of the ; program in 1965, Utah has obligated $7.6 million to his program. The toal invest- '. ment nationwide in public ; outdoor recreation resources ; is nearly $2 billion, accord- ing to Lloyd. '. The Historic Preservation program has made over 300 ! grants to assist in the acqui- ; sition and development of ; sites listed in the National Register. "These programs represent ; the commitment that is being ; made to help insure adequate outdor recreation areas for ' our nation and the growing ! concern with the preserva- ; tion of our historic past," ; Lloyd said. |