URGENT: Urge your Senators to renew the Land and Water Conservation Fund

When the Senate was set to renew the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) late last December, Senator Mike Lee single-handedly blocked the bill. Now it looks the Senate is ready to move forward again -- and we need your help to make sure they save LWCF!

The Natural Resources Management Act contains several important measures, including renewal of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and a permanent ban on new mining claims north of Yellowstone National Park. If this critical public lands package passes, it will include money for public lands, parks, and public access.

The vote on the bill could be as soon as TODAY, so it’s crucial that we raise our voices in support.

Add your name to the petition calling on the Senate to pass S.47, the Natural Resources Management Act. And when you’re done, call your Senators at (202) 224-3121 to make sure they get the message!

The LWCF has funded 41,000 conservation and land projects over 54 years at the federal, state, and regional levels. It has protected over 2.3 million acres of forests and makes a huge contribution to the preservation of America’s natural beauty and resources.

And because the LWCF is funded from revenue generated by offshore oil and gas drilling, it all comes at zero cost to taxpayers! That’s one reason the program has always enjoyed strong bipartisan support.

But LWCF expired last September when Congress failed to reauthorize it -- costing the crucial program that supports our parks, public access, and public lands over $305 million to date. But, with your help, we can get the LWCF back up and running.

LWCF’s future hinges on what happens in the Senate this week. Don’t let the Senate neglect the LWCF any longer -- sign the petition and then call your Senators at (202) 224-3121 to demand they pass the Natural Resources Management Act today!

- Western Values Project

Arizona Senators: 

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, Democrat-Arizona
Washington Phone: 202-224-4521
Phoenix Phone: 602-598-7327
https://www.sinema.senate.gov/contact
Email: contact@sinema.senate.gov

Sen. Martha McSally

Washington Phone: 202 - 224-2235

Phoenix Phone: 602 - 952-2410

https://www.mcsally.senate.gov/contact_martha

To find and contact your U.S. Senator:

1. Visit the Senate website (www.senate.gov).
2. Conduct a search using the Find Your Senators pull-down menu in the upper right corner (select your state and click Go).
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Sign the Petition: Tell Congress to save America’s top parks program

America's most important program for protecting land, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), will end on September 30, 2018 if we don't ask Congress to rescue it.

LWCF has worked well for more than 50 years, providing diverse outdoor recreation opportunities for people across the nation. From local ballfields to iconic national parks, LWCF improves access to the outdoors for everyone. It is popular across political lines and doesn’t burden taxpayers.

But now this popular bipartisan program is under attack, and our shared spaces could become developed, fragmented or otherwise damaged if we don't do something about it. Please call your member of Congress and ask them to support renewal and full funding for LWCF!

Click here to sign the following e-mail. (Feel free to personalize for more impact.) 

The Land and Water Conservation Fund is America’s most important conservation and outdoor recreation access program.  It is critical to protecting our parks and public lands at the federal, state, and local level, opening up recreational access and opportunities in virtually every community across the country and helping to grow our nation’s $887 billion outdoor recreation economy. 

The wildly successful and strongly bi-partisan program, which has provided critical funding for the last 54 years, will disappear at the end of this fiscal year if Congress does not act.  I strongly urge you to permanently reauthorize and fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Thank you.

Other ways to contact Senator Flake:

https://www.flake.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-jeff

Washington, D.C. Office:P: 202-224-4521
Tucson Office: 520-575-8633

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Use that district to find your Rep. 

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