President Obama will launch the America's Great Outdoors initiative Friday, an attempt to reshape U.S. conservation policy at a time when the nation is facing new environmental threats but the government is hard-pressed to afford new spending programs.
While the memorandum Obama plans to sign is short on policy details, officials said it will sketch out broad goals the administration hopes to pursue over the next few years: forming coalitions with state and local governments as well as the private sector, encouraging outdoor recreation by Americans, connecting wildlife migration corridors and encouraging the sustainable use of private land.
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