An Act Providing Nature for All would create a permanent Nature for All Fund for the purposes of acquisition, restoration, or improvement of nature to create parks and trails; protect forests, farms, wildlife habitat, and water resources; and advance climate resiliency and environmental justice goals. By setting aside just a portion of the revenue generated from the sporting goods sales tax, we would be able to dedicate as much as $100 million every year for the Nature for All Fund without any increase in taxes. With it, we could:

Create and improve parks, greenspace, trails, and outdoor recreation access, especially in environmental justice communities

Conserve and restore land to protect clean drinking water and the quality of streams, rivers, lakes, and coasts

Conserve land for climate resilience and restore the function and health of inland, wetland, and coastal ecosystems to advance biodiversity, climate adaptation, and resiliency

Conserve forests and farms to store carbon, preserve biodiversity, and achieve the Commonwealth’s natural and working land goals

Conserve important land parcels to provide connectivity between open spaces and habitats.

Conserve and restore lands of Indigenous cultural significance and restore access for Indigenous people

Provide on-going stewardship and management of these resources