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John,

I'm writing to ask you a favor.

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Congress is considering a bill that
would fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund every year from
now on. We are working tirelessly to get the full-funding bill passed
into law. This is the single most important source of conservation
funding in the country - if you ask me, cheating the LWCF out
of money it needs to fund whatever pet project strikes your fancy is a
disgrace.

It seems that every day brings a new
example of the effects of climate change. Altered growing seasons
... habitat loss ... the disappearance of glaciers ... super
storms ... raging wildfires ... catastrophic flooding ...
our Climate-Smart Cities(TM) program is helping a number of
American cities mitigate the effects of climate change, but there are
so many more cities at risk and absolutely no time to lose.

There are approximately 2.6 million
acres of privately and state-owned land in national parks across the
country. For instance, Zion National Park has roughly 3,000 acres of
private land within its boundaries. These properties impede trail
access, wildfire management, views, water quality, and wildlife
habitat ... and they could be developed at any moment. We've
purchased several of these inholdings and integrated them into the
park, but we still have a long way to go.

For all these reasons and more,
we're looking to our members for help. We're also looking
to people such as you - people who care about our
country's public lands, who believe that every American has the
right to experience the healing effects of nature, who understand that
climate change is real and happening now - to stand up for what
you believe in, to take action, to become a member of The Trust for
Public Land.

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At The Trust for Public Land, we are
doing absolutely everything we can to protect and support
America's Public Lands. I trust that you are, too.

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Sincerely,

Kim Elliot
Director of Membership

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