——=_NextPart_000_002D_01C76AF7.3FA012B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=&quot;windows-1250&quot; Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<br>=20<br>TAKE ACTION!<br>AANR-NW GAT Chair-Shirley Gauthier<br>=20<br>AANR-NW Government Affairs Team (GAT) needs about 5 minutes of your time. It=92s easy, free and only requires a small amount of your time.<br>=20<br>=20<br>The Land Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) program created in 1964 provides matching grants to States and local governments for the acquisition and development of public outdoor recreation areas and facilities. The fund automatically receives hundreds of millions of dollars in royalty fees that energy companies pay to the government. The money only goes to open space and outdoor recreation if the President Bush asks for it and Congress decides to spend it. This year President Bush has not asked for any fundin= g for the stateside program which puts the program in jeopardy.<br>=20<br>Senators Salazar (D-CO) and Collins (R-ME) are urging the Senate to change the $0 to $125 million. Senators listen to each other but those that vote them in office have a much louder voice. Voters like you!<br>=20<br>IT IS EASY!<br>1. Simply put HYPERLINK &quot;<a href=http://www.senate.gov/>http://www.senate.gov/</a>&quot;www.senate.gov in your search.<br>2. Identify your TWO Senators.=20<br>3. Send them an email or give them a call.<br>4. Just say-Please support the Salazar-Collins LWCF request that could potentially add $125 million desperately needed funds to the LCWF program.<br>=20<br>The program is intended to create and maintain a nationwide legacy of high quality recreation areas and facilities.=20<br>=20<br>AANR-NW GAT thanks you for your time in responding to this timely request.<br><br>–=20 No virus found in this outgoing message. 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Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.15/728 – Release Date: 03.20.2007 08:07 =20<br> ——=_NextPart_000_002D_01C76AF7.3FA012B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=&quot;windows-1250&quot; Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<br>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN&quot;&gt; &lt;HTML xmlns:o =3D &quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office&quot;&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt; &lt;META HTTP-EQUIV=3D&quot;Content-Type&quot; CONTENT=3D&quot;text/html; charset=3Dwindows-1= 250&quot;&gt;<br> &lt;META content=3D&quot;MSHTML 6.00.2900.3059&quot; name=3DGENERATOR&gt; &lt;STYLE&gt;&lt;/STYLE&gt; &lt;/HEAD&gt; &lt;BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=3DArial size=3D2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;TAKE=20 ACTION!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;AANR-NW GAT= =20 Chair-Shirley Gauthier&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;= /o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;AANR-NW Gove= rnment=20 Affairs Team (GAT) needs about 5 minutes of your time.&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;It&amp;#8217;s easy, free and only re= quires a=20 small amount of your time.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;= /o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;= /o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;The Land Wat= er=20 Conservation Fund (LWCF) program created in 1964 provides matching grants t= o=20 States and local governments for the acquisition and development of public= =20 outdoor recreation areas and facilities.&lt;SPAN style=3D&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;= nbsp;=20 &lt;/SPAN&gt;The fund automatically receives hundreds of millions of dollars in=20 royalty fees that energy companies pay to the government.&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;The money only goes to open space= and=20 outdoor recreation if the President Bush asks for it and Congress decides t= o=20 spend it.&lt;SPAN style=3D&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;This year Presiden= t Bush=20 has not asked for any funding for the stateside program which puts the prog= ram=20 in jeopardy.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;= /o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;Senators Sal= azar=20 (D-CO) and Collins (R-ME) are urging the Senate to change the $0 to $125=20 million.&lt;SPAN style=3D&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Senators listen to = each=20 other but those that vote them in office have a much louder voice.&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Voters like you!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN= &gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;= /o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;IT IS=20 EASY!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 leve= l1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;1.&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;=20 &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;Simply put &lt;= A=20 href=3D&quot;<a href=http://www.senate.gov/>http://www.senate.gov/</a>&quot;&gt;www.senate.gov&lt;/A&gt; in your=20 search.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 leve= l1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;2.&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;=20 &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;Identify you= r TWO=20 Senators. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 leve= l1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;3.&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;=20 &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;Send them an= email=20 or give them a call.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 leve= l1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;4.&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;=20 &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;Just say-Ple= ase=20 support the Salazar-Collins LWCF request that could potentially add $125 mi= llion=20 desperately needed funds to the LCWF program.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;= /o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;The program = is=20 intended to create and maintain a nationwide legacy of high quality recreat= ion=20 areas and facilities. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;= /o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana&quot;&gt;AANR-NW GAT = thanks=20 you for your time in responding to this timely=20 request.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt; &lt;BR&gt;<br>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=3D2&gt;–&lt;BR&gt; No virus found in this outgoing message.&lt;BR&gt; Checked by AVG Free Edition.&lt;BR&gt; Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.15/728 – Release Date: 03.20.2007= 08:07&lt;BR&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/P&gt;<br> ——=_NextPart_000_002D_01C76AF7.3FA012B0– </td>