Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 08:25:01 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Dean Newman Subject: Re: [md-smas] Congress & Conservation in 2004 -- Audubon Needs Your Help! Comments: To: md-smas@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My apologies that the links didn't come through with the forwarding of the Action Alert. You may need to cut and paste the following links into your browser to reach the websites: To subscribe to Audubon's bi-monthly Action Alert email: http://www.capitolconnect.com/audubon/myregistration.asp ANWR: http://www.protectthearctic.com/ Endangered Species Act: http://www.capitolconnect.com/audubon/summary.asp?subject=269&flow=2 Clean Water Restoration Act: http://www.capitolconnect.com/audubon/summary.asp?subject=257&flow=2 Dean -----Original Message----- From: Dean Newman [mailto:rdnewman@erols.com] Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 8:13 AM To: md-smas@yahoogroups.com; MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: [md-smas] Congress & Conservation in 2004 -- Audubon Needs Your Help! Please follow the links contained in the attached Audubon Advisory to PAINLESSY and QUICKLY send a pre-composed email letter to all of your representatives in Congress letting them know how you feel about environmental issues. No money is requested or required and it takes LESS THAN 2 MINUTES to register and send the message. All names, including yours, are automatically entered. Notifying Congress of your feelings is the most important thing you can do to protect our wildlife. Dean Newman California, MD Audubon's Twice-Monthly Legislative Update January 16, 2004 (Vol. 2004, Issue 1) IN THIS ISSUE: * 2004 Legislative Lookout * National Forest in Jeopardy * Mountaintop Removal Mining * Mark Your Calendars GET READY AUDUBONERS! CONGRESS SET TO START The U.S. Congress is set to return to Washington, D.C. to begin this year's legislative session - and what a year it will be! The Presidency of the United States, some 33 seats in the U.S. Senate and the entire U.S. House of Representatives are up for grabs this year, and the results will have far-reaching implications - depending on who is elected, it could mean oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a dismantling of our nation's most significant and vital environmental laws like the Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act, and weakening of measures that are vital to the welfare of our nation's birdlife, such as the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Endangered Species Act. But in the months leading to the November elections, it's going to be a fast-paced legislative year, as lawmakers scramble to get as much work done as possible so they can have plenty of time to campaign back home. So be sure to stay tuned in to the Audubon Advisory for the latest scoop on all the action! And while we say this each and every year, we still mean it, and now more than ever. We'll need your help if we're going to succeed in protecting birds, wildlife and the places that are special to all Americans. That's why Audubon is committed to providing you with the tools you'll need to be as successful and effective as possible. And right here in this issue is great place to start! Every other week, we'll bring you a new issue of the Audubon Advisory - our twice-monthly update providing information and insider reports on conservation issues pending in the House, Senate, and governmental agencies. We'll provide links so you can easily identify and contact your lawmakers on these critical conservation issues. We'll alert you to late-breaking news, let you know when critical issues are up for a vote, or are in danger of being ignored. We'll let you know how your lawmakers are positioned on those issues, and let you know what the most important things are that you can do to help! Here is a quick summary of some of the major issues we'll be working on this year, and the most important things you can do today to help. So read on, stay tuned, and stay involved! We can't succeed without you! ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================