Support the Land and
Water Conservation Fund within new Gulf Oil Spill legislation
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Funding should be considered THIS WEEK by the House of Representatives-We have a critical
opportunity to secure full, dedicated funding for LWCF and your urgent action by END-OF-DAY THURSDAY
is needed!
The Gulf Oil Spill and LWCF
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 was 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!
Click HERE for more detailed information about the LWCF provision within the Oil Spill Energy Package, and read on for direct action information.
Action Needed Right Now:
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)
Representatives to Contact: Top Priority
Sanford D. Bishop
DC
Office: 202-225-3631
Key
staffer: Jonathan Halpern
jonathan.halpern@mail.house.gov
Jim Marshall
DC
Office: 202-225-6531
Key
staffer: Tim Nelson
tim.nelson@mail.house.gov
John Barrow
DC
Office: 202-225-2823
Key
staffer: Hill Thomas
hill.thomas@mail.house.gov
David A. Scott
DC
Office: 202-225-2939
Key staffer:
Alysson Vogt
alysson.vogt@mail.house.gov
Representatives to Contact: High Priority
Henry C.
Johnson
DC
Office:
202-225-1605
Key
staffer:
Scott
Goldstein
scott.goldstein@mail.house.gov
John Lewis
DC
Office: 202-225-3801
Key
staffer: Tom Corney
tom.corney@mail.house.gov
John
Linder
DC
Office: 202-225-4272
Key
staffer: Janet Rossi
janet.rossi@mail.house.gov
Senators to Contact: High Priority
When contacting Senators
please omit #4 from the action list above
Saxby Chambliss
DC
Office:
202-224-3521
Key
staffer: Tyler Stephens
tyler_stephens@chambliss.senate.gov
Johnny Isakson
DC
Office: 202-224-3643
Key
staffer: Michael Quiello
michael_quiello@isakson.senate.gov
New to this issue? Here's more info:
Land and Water Conservation Fund dollars are used by Federal Natural Resource
agencies to purchase conservation lands. This is how the Chattahoochee
River National Recreation Area
was acquired and how important National Forest lands that protect the
Appalachian Trail and the Chattooga Wild and Scenic River
were acquired.
These dollars are not generated from tax
revenue! They come from funding generated from federal off shore oil leases
and are considered conservation mitigation funds.
Click HERE for more detailed information about the LWCF provision within the Oil Spill Energy Package.
Thank you for taking action
on behalf of our public lands!
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