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Date: 6/20/25 8:08 am From: Katherine Clemo via groups.io <kclemo54...> Subject: Re: [ALbirds] Contact Senators To Oppose Selling of Federal Lands
Amen, Ken. Thank you so much. I'm calling Sen. Warner today and will add this to my list. Katherine Clemo On Thu, Jun 19, 2025, 8:32 PM Ken Wills via groups.io <memontei= <aol.com...> wrote: > Hello all, > > I have not posted on a conservation issue in a while, but I feel this is > important in light of its national implications on our publicly owned bird > habitats and future environmental quality in general. The last 6 months > has seen some of the worst assaults on conservation and environmental > protection programs in our nation's history, which were previously > supported by both Republican and Democratic Administrations. The current > budget and tax break for the wealthy bill makes things even worse by > defunding/degrading programs that Trump championed in his first > administration. Conservation and environmental protection programs are a > very small part of the overall federal budget and will not even make a > scratch in the federal deficit created largely by social and military > spending, but they will degrade programs that protect our natural and > historic heritage and quality of life. In the Senate version of the tax > bill, besides eliminating tax breaks for renewable energy while keeping > fossil fuel tax breaks (unfair) and eliminating funding for basic > conservation monitoring, they now want to sell millions of acres of public > land despite the opposition of Representative Zinke (Republican Montana) > who was Trump's Secretary of the Interior in his first administration and > who helped to keep the land sales out of the House passed version of the > bill. Please contact our U.S. Senators (see contact info below) and other > listed elected officials and ask them to oppose measures in the budget bill > that sell public lands and guts funding for the National Park System, > biological monitoring and unfairly eliminates tax credits for renewable > energy. Personalized emails are best, but you can alternatively personalize > the form letter from the National Parks Conservation Association. > www.npca.org/notforsale > <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.npca.org%2Fnotforsale%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExbEZLM0VPMFBqSDBZaGhwWgEeyaBx8lebzXgPvwi89gfv8C27uSoh182_9VZF5CMuVKLPNkyM7hmMYoGd6qY_aem_JELNPglXWC2GfmemfNqphQ&h=AT3HUqnDgu8VmsxXyGIfheKuffOpoREwfI20kcUw93NUVjV7zv6JF8NHjQQYTzn5eWSfGYRgDJcwIUVgJ0Yw9MhUA_ihxIzgzBMN5cGWmyEkM6sQUHz82c5RrgW_ax6bK-57CQpz3wxOKjLH74-jgZDu28ZPS7Yy&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT2P67eSPhqW3q_VqjjUcITJ3vJik1QDzB48fJP5xV_EIwiwKn5deY89tP6_D8WWjmU9TRQtfTmdTBNteUelaiJ6vZXd37Q6gMHt-SyzDBiXysHnp5QMtx7FrmkwtTrQneYGgCWJ54utw6H-Cldl9UXdvLBSBP8YPtI1O6isFyGoMJKx-7CZnMfpjATWfJ1HiB8AOhcs-sssjmxUrpIVto-igO4CMeUDs8eKY6Yec0tg5RFNqJEy1A> > See contact links below. > U.S. Senator Katie Britt > https://www.britt.senate.gov/contact/share-your-opinion/ > <https://www.britt.senate.gov/contact/share-your-opinion/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExbEZLM0VPMFBqSDBZaGhwWgEe25ZYSNzs_B7ntcHw0h5MuEDljC-hutw4AHNLl8SWict4vgiSQdR7ZwAUUUc_aem_Zfsm9Epa_ZxQzm6WVujxXg> > U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville > https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/contact-old/contact-form/ > <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tuberville.senate.gov%2Fcontact-old%2Fcontact-form%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExbEZLM0VPMFBqSDBZaGhwWgEe0aOamVGXe3TmHUCP-qvzPHjfMU2tYpgjOe7ET9vZdbYLPxx10pfTRWSeJ5s_aem_GfnZNH-bY3Kw1bvb7fPfeg&h=AT0WRYDai38d_IewqK5uunETYmaIBtbvSFUT6tlT-Pq1ZmTj1xEbiMtTWmWYC-C3HsqVq5LtJSvjFh59k1UJZEqiZp1RE4whr_4D81iRKCwbvWnhLvz81TLwyYUuxI8JLwP3A4squXbkj-RXgFDTR4obX1WEpB0e&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT2P67eSPhqW3q_VqjjUcITJ3vJik1QDzB48fJP5xV_EIwiwKn5deY89tP6_D8WWjmU9TRQtfTmdTBNteUelaiJ6vZXd37Q6gMHt-SyzDBiXysHnp5QMtx7FrmkwtTrQneYGgCWJ54utw6H-Cldl9UXdvLBSBP8YPtI1O6isFyGoMJKx-7CZnMfpjATWfJ1HiB8AOhcs-sssjmxUrpIVto-igO4CMeUDs8eKY6Yec0tg5RFNqJEy1A> > Determine and Contact Your U.S. Representative > https://www.house.gov/representa.../find-your-representative > <https://www.house.gov/representa.../find-your-representative?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExbEZLM0VPMFBqSDBZaGhwWgEeu3Bp_iHcwMEE0Izq1yMYV-Uqi67AwJVycD4jf_NjEhkTE8stbN9b_zPu5zs_aem_-Zyv2RvhdCfer8FrV0IjRw> > For what it is worth, contact President Trump to express your displeasure > with proposals in the Senate version of the budget/tax cut bill that sell > of public land and defund the National Park Service and other conservation > programs. > https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ > <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whitehouse.gov%2Fcontact%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExbEZLM0VPMFBqSDBZaGhwWgEehAw8Km8sWww8JApEdz0hiRVHW045UqWohghjLZUKkSqWU0ydVtHe6S_OI2Q_aem_3J3DG202eO-DQwo4Gu-W7w&h=AT1ow8N3aCxIKpT8jKUofWuxC894GZCIWcGpJGePonYhJ5oy8cixw9IdTT8arD3OVVKOFAkzk214NsnjIbXRQpJRwouUujBK2--Sd5xQuVSAnEBg6un5a0M2MfUVwDgmn-1c0pvuuVqntH_RGslyZTvJPbYsjRXJ&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT2P67eSPhqW3q_VqjjUcITJ3vJik1QDzB48fJP5xV_EIwiwKn5deY89tP6_D8WWjmU9TRQtfTmdTBNteUelaiJ6vZXd37Q6gMHt-SyzDBiXysHnp5QMtx7FrmkwtTrQneYGgCWJ54utw6H-Cldl9UXdvLBSBP8YPtI1O6isFyGoMJKx-7CZnMfpjATWfJ1HiB8AOhcs-sssjmxUrpIVto-igO4CMeUDs8eKY6Yec0tg5RFNqJEy1A> > > Enjoy and Conserve the Creation, > Ken Wills > For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life,---Look at > the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, > and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. > Mathew 6:25-26 > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. 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