[BCNnet] speak up for bird conservation
Judy Pollock
bobolnk@ix.netcom.com
Fri, 19 Nov 2004 09:33:21 -0600
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">The message below concerns Teaming
with Wildlife, which is an effort to funnel significant funds for
non-game wildlife conservation to states. Promoting this effort is
one of the most effective things we can do to promote bird conservation
now. A call or a fax this week or next would be a big help - the
web site has all the info you need. Thanks!<br><br>
Judy Pollock<br><br>
Act Now to Secure Funding for wildlife...<br>
Teaming with Wildlife is a broad based coalition of wildlife interests
from sportsmen to "green" groups. We expect that the
support for state based efforts will continue to be important in this
climate. All of this bodes well for the State Wildlife Grants
program. Our biggest hurdle is overcoming the shrinking conservation
budget overall. The deficit and lack of connection to homeland
security will continue to make increased funding a hard sell. We
must not waver in voicing the need for such funding. <br><br>
Please contact your Members of Congress and ask them to support the
Senate's $75M for the State Wildlife Grants program. Go to
<a href="http://www.teaming.com/" eudora="autourl">www.teaming.com</a>
for sample letters, talking points, etc. We expect most of these decisions to be made over the next two weeks (before a break or adjournment for Thanksgiving). But they might delay things into December too. Please make your calls or send your faxes this week and early next.<br><br>
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Judy Pollock<br>
bobolnk at ix dot netcom dot com<br>
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