Senate Passes Dedicated LWCF - Now Ask Your Rep to Sign-on!

This isn’t a done deal yet. The House still needs to pass it's transportation bill and differences with the Senate bill will need to be reconciled. The House also approved a RESTORE Act amendment, but did not include LWCF or clearly dedicate restoration spending. This is, however, a major step towards enacting this important legislation.

• See our full alert on the amendment
• See how your senators voted and thank them
• Fact Sheet on the Amendment
• Press releases from the LWCF Coalition, Restore the Mississippi River Delta and The Nature Conservancy

Take Action Today

Urge Your Rep to Sign the LWCF/Forest Legacy Letter

Last month, we shared the great news that President Obama is seeking $450 million for the Land and Water Conservation Fund in fiscal year 2013, including $60 million for the Forest Legacy Program. Now we need help asking your Representative to sign a letter supporting that request, an increase of about a third over last year.

• Call your Representative via the Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
• Ask to speak with the staffer who handles natural resource issues and tell them what organization you represent
• Urge them to sign the FY 2013 LWCF/Forest Legacy letter by contacting Nicole Rohr in the office of Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) or Helen Dwight in the office of Rep. Charles Bass (R-NH)
• Be sure to check the list of 259 previous LWCF supporters and thank them for their past support when asking them to sign-on again (or see if your Rep has already signed-on)
• Ask for the staffer's email address and send him or her  a copy of the letter
• Find more general background and talking points on LWCF at www.lta.org/lwcf and www.lwcfcoalition.org

The deadline for the House letter is Friday, March 16.

We expect a Senate version of this letter to be ready for signatures in the coming days.

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