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National Association of Conservation Districts
NACD's mission is to serve conservation districts by providing national leadership and a unified voice for natural resource conservation.
Action Alert
Action Requested
Date: March 3, 2008
Subject: FY 2009 Appropriations
Action Requested:
Contact your Members of Congress to ask for their support of NACD’s FY 2009 Appropriations Priorities: Conservation Technical Assistance, State and Private Forestry, and EPA 319 Nonpoint Source Grants.
Background:
As you know, NACD’s Appropriations priorities for FY 2009 focus on these three programs which were approved by the Board of Directors in July, 2007. Below are specific funding levels approved by the Board:
- Conservation Technical Assistance: $888.890 million
- State and Private Forestry: $289.021 million
- 319 Nonpoint Source Grants: $210.536 million
Congress is beginning work on FY 2009 appropriations, with many hearings scheduled. Committee’s have also scheduled their deadlines by which Members of Congress must make requests to the Subcommittees for funding allocations. Below are important appropriations deadlines for NACD’s Appropriations priorities:
House Appropriations:
- Subcommittee on Agriculture: March 19
- Subcommittee on Interior and Environment: March 19
Senate Appropriations:
- Subcommittee on Agriculture: March 20
- Subcommittee on Interior and Environment: March 28
Keep in mind that individual Members of Congress also have deadlines for their offices to receive requests from constituents. That is why it is important to contact offices now to encourage their support of these programs.
Resources on NACD’s appropriations priorities can be found on our website at http://www.nacdnet.org/policy/appropriations/fy09/. This page includes NACD’s request letters and issue papers for each program.
Contacts:
Attached is a template letter which can be used to contact Members of Congress. Please be sure to include your contact information, and be sure to personalize the letter on how these programs are used locally.
When contacting your Members of Congress, remember that email and fax are the quickest and most reliable method of communication.
Email information for your Members of Congress can be found at:
- House: https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml
- Senate: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Fax information can be found by visiting your Members’ individual website.
Follow Up
NACD likes to hear about your contacts with Members of Congress. Let us know when you make a contact by emailing Jeremy Peters at jeremy-peters@nacdnet.org.
Click here to download the template letter.