Great American Outdoors Act

The U.S. Forest Service implementation of the Great American Outdoors Act, which permanently funds the Land and Water Conservation fund, and establishes the new Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund - which will enable federal land managers to take aggressive steps to address deferred maintenance and other infrastructure projects on national forests and grasslands through 2025.

Updates
In 2021, the Forest Service invested up to $40 million in GAOA funding for 29 projects to address critical deferred maintenance, improve transportation, and enhance recreation infrastructure on national forests in Washington and Oregon. An additional $62 million in GAOA funding has been invested for deferred maintenance projects for Fiscal Years 22 through FY24. Projects are submitted for funding consideration under the agency’s National Asset Management Program. These project proposals are evaluated for funding via the Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund and other funding authorities, including the Capital Improvement and Maintenance and Federal Land Transportation Program. The FY25 proposal window is open in the spring of this year.

The story map below showcases the projects being funded by the Great American Outdoors Act in Oregon and Washington

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Additional Resources

• View the national U.S. Forest Service Great American Outdoors Act website.
• Regional GAOA Projects and Status as of August 2023
• Pacific Northwest GAOA Photo Gallery
• News Releases:
  • 03/18/2021: USDA Forest Service receives $25.1 million from Land & Water Conservation Fund to protect National Forests in WA and OR
  • 03/08/2021: USDA Forest Service invests $40 million in Great American Outdoors Act funds for infrastructure on WA and OR forests.

	CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES For business opportunities related to Great American Outdoors Act projects, visit https://beta.sam.gov and search “Contract Opportunities,” keyword: GAOA. Opportunities will be posted as they become available.
	DEFERRED MAINTENANCE PROJECT LIST The Pacific Northwest Region has receive $102 million in Great American Outdoors Act funds towards deferred maintenance projects in Washington and Oregon thru Fiscal Year 23. In all, 72 projects in Washington and Oregon will be completed. View a complete list of approved projects.