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LWCF Compromise Mark UP
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: LWCF Compromise Mark UP
- From: Sbmaddock@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 08:27:39 EST
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Yesterday, there was a posting expressing support for the LWCF bill. However,
as the enclosed alert discusses, there are important problems with the bill
that should be remedied.
Sidney Maddock
Environmental Analyst
Biodiversity Legal Foundation
Buxton, NC
In a message dated 11/9/99 5:30:32 PM Eastern Standard Time,
vivian.newman@sfsierra.sierraclub.org writes:
<< From: vivian.newman@sfsierra.sierraclub.org (Vivian Newman)
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November 9, 1999
ACTION ALERT!
COMPROMISE LWCF BILL
TO BE MARKED UP TOMORROW
RESOURCES 2000 NOW & FOREVER
Folks,
As many of you know, the House Resources Committee has been
engaged in negotiations on a compromise bill to spend Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) oil revenues that would combine features
of Rep. Don Young's CARA bill and Rep. George Miller's Resources
2000. You also know that GREEN has been steadfastly supporting
Resources 2000 as the best way to permanently fund the Land and
Water Conservation Fund and opposed to CARA. Well, the compromise
version of the bill has arrived and is scheduled to be marked up
in committee on Wednesday, November 10. First the good news, this
bill provides some $900 million for the Land and Water
Conservation Fund and $150 million for conservation easements and
species recovery. It would also provide $1 billion for coastal
impact assistance, $350 million for stateside wildlife
conservation, and some $600 million for urban parks and
recreation, historic preservation, and a variety of other
programs. This bill offers the promise of a lot of money that
could potentially do a lot of good things for a lot of people.
And that is the problem.
As it now stands, despite of all its benefits, this is still a
bad bill. Like CARA it contains substantial incentives for off-
shore drilling and could serve to open sensitive frontier areas,
especially in Alaska, to oil drilling. In addition, there are
inadequate restrictions on how the coastal impact money could be
spent. This could result in large amounts of money spent on
infrastructure and other environmentally damaging coastal
development. Similarly, much of the money for stateside wildlife
conservation would go to states with no assurance that a
significant amount would be spent on non-game wildlife or to help
threatened and endangered species. And, while it does authorize
LWCF spending it does not provide assurances that all the money
will actually be spent, leaving the LWCF subject to the
functional equivalent of the yearly appropriations process that
has critically underfunded it for the last two decades.
In short, why go for a pig in a poke when a bill that does
everything we want already has 107 cosponsors in the House of
Representatives. Grassroots activists all across the country have
worked long and hard to advance Resources 2000. H.R. 798 has
what we want, full permanent funding for the LWCF without any of
the environmentally damaging provisions contained in the bill
that the House Resources Committee is about to mark up. There is
now widespread support in the environmental community, in the
Administration, in the press, with the general public, and on
Capitol Hill for full permanent funding of the Land and Water
Conservation Fund. Why not take advantage of all this momentum
and use this opportunity to push for passage of Resources 2000?
Roger Featherstone
GREEN Director
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~
GREEN is a project of Defenders of Wildlife designed to serve
grassroots wildlife and wildlands advocates. GREEN policy
positions do not necessarily represent those of Defenders of
Wildlife.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~
WHAT TO DO
Call your Representatives and Senators and ask them to become
cosponsors of either Rep. George Miller's Resources 2000 H.R. 798
or Senator Barbara Boxer's S. 446. Let them know that there is
overwhelming support among the American people for full permanent
funding for the Land and Water Fund and that Resources 2000 is
the best legislative vehicle to provide for that funding. Let
them know that you and your family want Resources 2000. You can
reach your congressional legislator by calling the Capitol switch
board at (202) 224-3121.
If you would like to see if your Representative is already a
cosponsor of H.R. 798 check out the Thomas website:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d106:HR00798:@@@P
For the U.S. Senate and S. 446 see:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d106:SN00446:@@@P
Ed Lytwak
Policy Coordinator
GrassRoots Environmental Effectiveness Network
A project of Defenders of Wildlife
1101 14th Street, NW, Ste. 1400
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 682-9400 x 289
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- From: Vivian Newman <vivian.newman@sfsierra.sierraclub.org>
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 17:20:16 -0800
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November 9, 1999
ACTION ALERT!
COMPROMISE LWCF BILL
TO BE MARKED UP TOMORROW
RESOURCES 2000 NOW & FOREVER
Folks,
As many of you know, the House Resources Committee has been
engaged in negotiations on a compromise bill to spend Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) oil revenues that would combine features
of Rep. Don Young's CARA bill and Rep. George Miller's Resources
2000. You also know that GREEN has been steadfastly supporting
Resources 2000 as the best way to permanently fund the Land and
Water Conservation Fund and opposed to CARA. Well, the compromise
version of the bill has arrived and is scheduled to be marked up
in committee on Wednesday, November 10. First the good news, this
bill provides some $900 million for the Land and Water
Conservation Fund and $150 million for conservation easements and
species recovery. It would also provide $1 billion for coastal
impact assistance, $350 million for stateside wildlife
conservation, and some $600 million for urban parks and
recreation, historic preservation, and a variety of other
programs. This bill offers the promise of a lot of money that
could potentially do a lot of good things for a lot of people.
And that is the problem.
As it now stands, despite of all its benefits, this is still a
bad bill. Like CARA it contains substantial incentives for off-
shore drilling and could serve to open sensitive frontier areas,
especially in Alaska, to oil drilling. In addition, there are
inadequate restrictions on how the coastal impact money could be
spent. This could result in large amounts of money spent on
infrastructure and other environmentally damaging coastal
development. Similarly, much of the money for stateside wildlife
conservation would go to states with no assurance that a
significant amount would be spent on non-game wildlife or to help
threatened and endangered species. And, while it does authorize
LWCF spending it does not provide assurances that all the money
will actually be spent, leaving the LWCF subject to the
functional equivalent of the yearly appropriations process that
has critically underfunded it for the last two decades.
In short, why go for a pig in a poke when a bill that does
everything we want already has 107 cosponsors in the House of
Representatives. Grassroots activists all across the country have
worked long and hard to advance Resources 2000. H.R. 798 has
what we want, full permanent funding for the LWCF without any of
the environmentally damaging provisions contained in the bill
that the House Resources Committee is about to mark up. There is
now widespread support in the environmental community, in the
Administration, in the press, with the general public, and on
Capitol Hill for full permanent funding of the Land and Water
Conservation Fund. Why not take advantage of all this momentum
and use this opportunity to push for passage of Resources 2000?
Roger Featherstone
GREEN Director
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~
GREEN is a project of Defenders of Wildlife designed to serve
grassroots wildlife and wildlands advocates. GREEN policy
positions do not necessarily represent those of Defenders of
Wildlife.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~
WHAT TO DO
Call your Representatives and Senators and ask them to become
cosponsors of either Rep. George Miller's Resources 2000 H.R. 798
or Senator Barbara Boxer's S. 446. Let them know that there is
overwhelming support among the American people for full permanent
funding for the Land and Water Fund and that Resources 2000 is
the best legislative vehicle to provide for that funding. Let
them know that you and your family want Resources 2000. You can
reach your congressional legislator by calling the Capitol switch
board at (202) 224-3121.
If you would like to see if your Representative is already a
cosponsor of H.R. 798 check out the Thomas website:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d106:HR00798:@@@P
For the U.S. Senate and S. 446 see:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d106:SN00446:@@@P
Ed Lytwak
Policy Coordinator
GrassRoots Environmental Effectiveness Network
A project of Defenders of Wildlife
1101 14th Street, NW, Ste. 1400
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 682-9400 x 289
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