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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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