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Senate approves $2.8 billion plan to boost conservation, parks

(Matthew Brown | AP file photo) Emigrant Peak is seen rising above the Paradise Valley and the Yellowstone River near Emigrant, Mont., in October 2018. Lawmakers have reached bipartisan agreement on an election-year deal to double spending on a popular conservation program and devote nearly $2 billion a year to improve and maintain national parks.

(Matthew Brown | AP file photo) Emigrant Peak is seen rising above the Paradise Valley and the Yellowstone River near Emigrant, Mont., in October 2018. Lawmakers have reached bipartisan agreement on an election-year deal to double spending on a popular conservation program and devote nearly $2 billion a year to improve and maintain national parks.