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President
Trump Issues
Executive Order to
Reorganize
Executive Branch
Comments
Due June 12
On
March 13th, 2017,
President Trump
signed Executive
Order 13781
directing the Office
of Management and
Budget to develop a
plan for
reorganizing the
executive branch and
recommending
agencies, programs,
and functions for
elimination. Mick
Mulvaney, OMB
Director, is
soliciting public
input on this
process. The 28-day
comment period ends Monday, June 12.
Please
take a moment and
submit comments in
support of the work
done by the Park
Service, the Forest
Service, the Fish
and Wildlife
Service, and the
Bureau of Land
Management in
administering our
public lands. The
conservation and
recreation programs
of these agencies
provide invaluable
opportunities for
outdoor recreation
for all Americans.
Uncheck
the "I am submitting
on behalf of a third
party" box on that
page.
Here
are some suggested
talking points from
our friends at
Winter Wildlands
Alliance:
- As a
public lands
owner and
backcountry
skier, I want
to express my
strong support
for continued
and robust
investment in
the land
management
agencies,
especially in
regards to
their
recreation and
conservation
programs.
- The U.S.
Forest
Service,
National Park
Service,
Bureau of Land
Management,
and the U.S.
Fish and
Wildlife
Service
manage, on
behalf of the
American
people, 674
million acres
of public land
that sees over
half a billion
visits
annually.
- At a cost
of less than
0.4% of the
federal budget federal
land
management
agencies
generate
benefits worth
billions of
dollars,
including
clean water
and air,
trails and
campgrounds,
and
unmatchable
outdoor
recreation
experiences.
- Recreational
visits to
parks,
forests,
refuges, and
other public
lands generate
$33 billion in
direct
spending and
nearly 600,000
jobs, and
contribute $37
billion to GDP
annually
- The work
the public
land agencies
do fuels an
$887 billion
outdoor
recreation
economy that
generates 7.6
million jobs.
- The
Administration
should invest
MORE in the
recreation and
conservation
programs
administered
by the US
Forest
Service,
Bureau of Land
Management,
National Park
Service, and
the US Fish
and Wildlife
Service.
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