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Welcome the New Congress, Incentive LegislationAdvocates Alert: January 20, 2009 Happy New Year! As we write, millions are swarming past our office to welcome a new President to Washington, DC. Many of these folks are also visiting their Members of Congress, and they’ll no doubt be introducing themselves and asking for help on their policy priorities. To be successful ADVOCATES for the land trust community, we should too! You have a compelling story to tell! Your passionate members and the landowners
you work with are their constituents!
There's no better time than the present to (re)introduce yourself to your
Congressional Delegation and their staff members working on tax and
conservation issues -- especially if they are among the 74 NEW Members of
Congress or one of hundreds of new staff members. Click
here for a sample letter. Help Gather Original Cosponsors for Easement Incentive Legislation Our top legislative priority this year is to prevent the enhanced tax incentive for conservation easements from expiring on December 31, 2009! Please ask your Members of Congress to become original cosponsors of new legislation in the 111th Congress to make the easement incentive permanent:
Thanks for your help kicking the year off right! |
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