Since the green group is more inclined to find fault with Corbett’s policies–especially his hear-no-evil, see-no-evil stance on the natural gas drilling industry–it’s worth noting that PennFuture itself isn’t quite as doctrinaire.

Here’s proof:

The education of Tom Corbett?

In last year’s budget, Gov. Corbett proposed permanently eliminating funding for the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund — the state’s flagship conservation program — and Pennsylvania’s nationally recognized farmland preservation program. Fortunately, after a tremendous outcry from citizens and conservation and farming organizations statewide, funding for both programs was unanimously restored in the House.

Afterward, Gov. Corbett began praising Commonwealth investments in state parks and other public lands as he traveled the state. And this year, Corbett proposed increasing funding for farmland preservation by $10 million and even highlighted the idea during his budget address.

Some might see these actions as hypocritical. We prefer to see them as personal and political growth, stemming from Corbett’s interactions with Pennsylvanians throughout the state, and their love and support for Penn’s Woods. Now, if only he could understand that the proper level of financial support for our public lands should not be solely dependent upon extraction of the resources under those lands, or impacting the health of the forests that populate its surface

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