Important legislation needs email
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- Subject: Important legislation needs email
- From: "* S* <l*@austin.rr.com>
- Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 11:15:15 -0600
Title: Important legislation needs email Dear Prairie People,
In our newsletter The Prairie Dog the Native Prairies Association has written several times about a most important legislation (called CARA) that has been prepared for Congress. It will FINALLY provide TONS OF MONEY for "regular" ole wildlife, not just game animals. Each state stands to benefit. And prairies will benefit too, finally. This is part of the nationwide Teaming with Wildlife initiative.
PLEASE, please, please. If you will only write one letter this year on behalf of nature, THIS IS THE ONE TO WRITE! I've included below a copy of the email that I sent out to show how easy it is. Just say something!
RIGHT NOW.
THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS FROM "TEAMING WITH WILDLIFE":
The House Resources Committee has scheduled ONLY TWO days of Congressional
hearings on Tuesday, March 9th, and Wednesday, March 10th, on H.R. 701- the Conservation and Reinvestment Act (CARA). The Committee will also hear testimony on H.R. 798, sponsored by U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), which also provides for new funding for conservation
and wildlife programs from OCS revenues.
Now is a CRITICAL time to specifically focus your efforts on members of the
Resources Committee. Let them know how important CARA's Title III funding
for state-level wildlife conservation is to you and urge their strong
support. This is the first hurdle in the legislative process and a VERY
important one. Most bills never even make it out of committee, and the
ones that do pass committee oftentimes look dramatically different from
their original introduced version. We need to ensure that wildlife
conservation doesn't get lost in the shuffle of competing interests.
(Prairie Folk: Here's an email address for Teaming with Wildlife: teaming@sso.org)
We strongly encourage you to coordinate with other supporters in your
state to contact the Resources Committee members from your state listed
below:
Rep. Don Young* AK don.young@mail.house.gov
Rep. Eni F. H. Faleomavaega AS as00@pop3.house.gov
Rep. Elton Gallegly CA
Rep. John T. Doolittle CA doolittle@mail.house.gov
Rep. Ken Calvert CA
Rep. Richard W. Pombo CA rpombo@mail.house.gov
Rep. George P. Radanovich CA george.radanovich@mail.house.gov
Rep. George Miller* CA george.miller-pub@mail.house.gov
Rep. Calvin M. Dooley CA
Rep. Grace F. Napolitano CA
Rep. Joel Hefley CO
Rep. Bob Schaffer CO
rep.schaffer@mail.house.gov
Rep. Tom Tancredo CO
Rep. Mark Udall CO
Rep. Robert A. Underwood GU guamtodc@mail.house.gov
Rep. Neil Abercrombie HI neil.abercrombie@mail.house.gov
Rep. Helen Chenoweth ID ask.helen@mail.house.gov
Rep. Mike Simpson ID
Rep. Mark Souder IN souder@mail.house.gov
Rep. W. J. (Billy) Tauzin LA
Rep. Christopher John LA christopher.john@mail.house.gov
Rep. William D. Delahunt MA william.delahunt@mail.house.gov
Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest MD
Rep. Dale E. Kildee MI dkildee@mail.house.gov
Rep. Bruce F. Vento MN vento@mail.house.gov
Rep. Rick Hill MT rick.hill@mail.house.gov
Rep. Walter B. Jones NC
Rep. Robin Hayes NC
Rep. Jim Saxton NJ
Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. NJ frank.pallone@mail.house.gov
Rep. Tom Udall NM
Rep. Jim Gibbons NV
mail.gibbons@mail.house.gov
Rep. Joseph Crowley NY
Rep. Greg Walden OR
Rep. Peter A. DeFazio OR peter.defazio@mail.house.gov
Rep. John E. Peterson PA
Rep. Donald L. Sherwood PA
Rep. Patrick Kennedy RI patrick.kennedy@mail.house.gov
Rep. Carlos A. Romero-Barceló PR
Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. TN jjduncan@mail.house.gov
Rep. William M. "Mac" Thornberry TX
Rep. Kevin Brady TX rep.brady@mail.house.gov
Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz TX
Rep. James V. Hansen UT
Rep. Chris Cannon UT
cannon.ut03@mail.house.gov
Rep. Owen B. Pickett VA owen.pickett@mail.house.gov
Rep. Donna M. Christian-Green VI donna.green@mail.house.gov
Rep. Adam Smith WA adam.smith@mail.house.gov
Rep. Jay Inslee WA
Rep. Ron Kind WI ron.kind@mail.house.gov
Rep. Nick J. Rahall II WV nrahall@mail.house.gov
Rep. Barbara Cubin WY
Copy of my letter to each of the above:
Dear Rep. XXX,
I am member of the Board of Directors of the Native Prairies Association of Texas. Our Association is a member of the Team with Wildlife coalition and whole-heartedly supports the Conservation and Reinvestment Act. We urge you to vote for it in its present form.
Funds for wildlife have been focused primarily on game animals, often to the exclusion of habitat issues for other wildlife.
The Native Prairies Association of Texas is specifically concerned about the drastically declining populations of grassland birds and their praire habitats in Texas. All kinds of prairie in Texas ‹short, mixed and tall- are very much declined due to land use changes to standard and arid-land farming, exotic grass pastures, and urbanization.
We need funding to assist us in our strategic plans to conserve what remains and restore other lands. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Please support CARA.
Lee Stone, Board Treasurer
3503 Lafayette Avenue
Austin, TX 78722-1807
512-476-1663
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