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The money would come from a conservation tax that oil and gas companies pay.
Governor Mead also wants the commission, which he sits on, to review the conservation tax and bonding requirements for drilling companies to determine whether they are sufficient.
The proposal is also backed by the Petroleum Association of Wyoming, which favors raising the conservation tax to help pay for plugging fees.
Instead, he urged Congress to focus on long-term efforts to reduce fuel consumption, including conservation tax credits and research spending, which Congress has rejected when he proposed them before.
Two years ago it began offering 2percentt loans and matching grants -- representing 75percentand25percentcent, respectively, of the state award -- to counties and town that have an open space master plan and conservation tax in place.
The fund would provide $8 million a year, or a total of $40 million, and would be financed equally by bonds and a conservation tax on residents' homes -- one half of a cent on each $100 of assessed property value.
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Owners of homes with the county's median sales price of $237,308 would pay $11 a year in conservation taxes.
But for all their apparent superiority in saving gasoline, conservation taxes are far harder to sell politically than tougher mileage standards.
Ms. Norton, surrounded by energy experts from other federal agencies, made no commitment on government action and did not discuss conservation or tax credits for renewable sources, a program that many manufacturers seek.
Enhanced conservation easement tax breaks.
A legal pioneer who paved the way to make conservation easements tax-deductible in the US, Small wrote federal tax regulations credited with facilitating the conservation of millions of acres of private land.
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