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Land and Water Conservation funding needs your support!

Take action by   Wednesday, August 4, 2010

ACTION ALERT: Support The Land and Water Conservation Fund in Gulf Oil Spill Legislation expected to be considered this week by the Representative!

We have a critical opportunity to secure full, dedicated funding for LWCF and your urgent action is needed!

Please contact your Representative today and urge them to:

1.      Support the Land and Water Conservation Fund in the gulf oil spill bill

2.      Support passage of the energy/oil spill bill

3.      Oppose any weakening amendments

4.      Oppose any motion to recommit (a motion to recommit will take the bill off the floor and send the bill back to committee for further review)

Call your Representative!
Members can be reached through the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121

Find Your Representative!
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml



LWCF and the Oil Spill:

The tragedy of the BP Oil Spill reminds us how vulnerable our public lands and waters, surrounding communities, and wildlife are to harm. We need sustained investment to provide long term protection of the natural places that are so important to us as Americans, and the Land and Water Conservation Fund was designed to do just that. It is time to keep the promise that was made to use all the funding deposited in LWCF to protect places Americans care about for future generations.

LWCF is authorized to receive a very small percentage of revenue from offshore leases for oil and gas- $900 million a year.  However, Congress and various Administrations have diverted many of these funds from their intended purpose!  Today, the LWCF has an authorized balance of more than $17 billion that should have been spent on conservation, but was not- a $17 billion broken promise!

Please contact me with any questions. Thank you for your continued leadership and support of the LWCF!