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Action: Environmental Protections in Danger

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"Kurt R. Schwarz"

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Kurt R. Schwarz

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Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:50:05 -0500

Norm has approved this posting.

Dear MDOspreyer:

The National Audubon Society has issued the below alert.  Funding for crucial 
environmental protections, some of which benefit bird habitat, are in danger.  
Please review the below and if you feel it worthwhile, copy/paste the link 
into your browser to take immediate action, which is quite painless.  Other
conservation organizations have issued similar alerts, such as National 
Resources Defense Council.



Birds like the endangered Piping Plover need  habitat and strong federal
programs to survive.  _Don't  let Congress roll back habitat programs like 
the Land and Water Conservation Fund or cripple the  EPA.

You can take action using this link.  It's easy.  

www.audubonaction.org/site/Advocacy?id=977


See below for further detail.

Radical attacks on birds,  wildlife and habitat are taking place in the
U.S. House of  Representatives as they debate the Continuing Resolution (HR
1), a bill to extend government funding for the rest of the  year. From the
devastating cuts to the Land and Water  Conservation Fund, a program we have
fought for year after  year, to plans that cripple the Environmental
Protection  Agency and its ability to protect our families, the proposed 
cuts in federal conservation programs are truly  alarming.

Votes will be taking place over the next few days and possibly  into the weekend 
on this irresponsible bill. But our message  is simple: keep environmental
programs strong, don’t cut  them; oppose HR 1. _

Devilish Details
Here are just a few  of the critical conservation programs that are under
attack  in the House. All of them impact the conservation values we  stand
for.
    *   The Land and Water Conservation Fund is cut by  90 percent. This
funding provides protection for  lands and wildlife habitat in our National
Wildlife  Refuges, Parks, Forests and other public lands. Each day,  6,000
acres of open space are lost in the U.S. to habitat  fragmentation and
destruction. Once these lands are lost,  they can never be recovered.
    *   The North American Wetlands Conservation Fund is  cut to zero. This
program is fundamental  to preserving wetlands throughout the country.
    *   State Wildlife Grants are cut to zero. A zero budget  will
eliminate wildlife grant programs in  your state.
    *   The Environmental Protection Agency is facing a  $3 billion dollar
cut to  its budget — the largest cut in 30 years. Such  draconian cuts would
jeopardize its ability to reduce  greenhouse gas pollution and protect our
families and the  environment.

Now is the time let the  House know you strongly oppose these attacks on
environmental programs that benefit birds, wildlife and  habitat, and public 
health.
Please  send an email today and urge your House member to oppose HR  1.

 

Kurt R. Schwarz

MOS Conservation Chair



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