<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I sent a modified version of this letter to my Congressman. As a bird conservationist, can you do likewise?<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Donnie</div><div><br><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; ">Donnie Dann<br>Highland Park/Lake County<br><a href="mailto:donniebird@yahoo.com">donniebird@yahoo.com</a><br><br><br><br><br></span>
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<div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">American Bird Conservancy <<a href="mailto:info@americanbirdconservancy.org">info@americanbirdconservancy.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">September 13, 2011 9:42:19 AM CDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:donniebird@yahoo.com">donniebird@yahoo.com</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Tell your Representatives to Re-authorize the Act for Songbirds!</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:info@americanbirdconservancy.org">info@americanbirdconservancy.org</a><br></span></div><br>
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<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="content" --><p><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dear Donald,</span></span><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p>
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<td><p><b><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The future for our migratory songbirds is uncertain. You can help.</span></span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">More than one third of the 650 species that breed in the United States are in long-term decline, some species, such as the Cerulean Warbler and Olive-sided Flycatcher, by more than 70% since the 1960s.</span><br>
</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The <i><b>Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act </b></i><b>(NMBCA)</b> is the only dedicated source of federal funding to help migratory birds throughout the Americas, but this program is currently expired, meaning that Congress can cease all funding. </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">We need your help to ensure that a bill to reauthorize the Act passes in the House.</span></b><br>
</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Every email that each Representative receives will remind them how important this program is and how broad its support is among the public. So please, act now!</span></span><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br>
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<td colspan="2"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Sincerely, </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br>
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