John,
Have you heard the latest news in our fight for public lands?
This is how much the Administration’s proposed 2021 budget has allocated to the Land and Water Conservation Fund:
ALMOST $0
Oil and gas companies pay $900 million in royalties into this fund every year, and all of that money is supposed to be used to protect our nation's most iconic landscapes and expand access to outdoor recreation.
Unfortunately, politicians have been able to take some of that $900 million and divert it to other purposes. But never in the 56 years of the LWCF’s existence has almost all of the $900 million been taken away, leaving only less than 2%.
But the threat to public lands doesn’t stop there. The Trump administration has opened the iconic Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments to drilling and mining, while blasting away in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, causing possibly irreversible damage to this UNESCO biosphere.
John, we’re mobilizing all our resources to get Congress to act and protect public lands.
I know I can count on you to stand with us in what may be the most important battles we’ve ever taken to Capitol Hill.
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We have to get Congress to ignore this dangerous and anti-environment budget proposal, continue the fight to permanently protect America’s national monuments and public lands, and so much more … but we can’t do it without you. Please act now.
Sincerely,
Kim Elliot
Director of Membership
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