FW: [affiliates] Enviro Ed Funding Could Be Gone Tomorrow - Please Sign On! (DEADLINE Monday, 4/25)
Anne Lewis
If you can sign on, please do so. Your voice counts.
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Anne Lewis
SD Discovery Center
805 W Sioux Ave.
Pierre, SD 57501
From: Knowlton, Shareen [mailto:skno...@rwpzoo.org]
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 1:20 PM
To: NAAEE Action Network (naaee-acti...@googlegroups.com); Affiliates List Serve (affil...@naaee.org)
Subject: [affiliates] Enviro Ed Funding Could Be Gone Tomorrow - Please Sign On! (DEADLINE Monday, 4/25)
Dear Colleagues,
We are writing today with an urgent request that your organization sign-on to four important letters in support of continued funding for environmental education to the following agencies: NOAA, EPA, NSF and NASA. Without your support by Monday, April 25th, key environmental education programs at these agencies could be eliminated in the coming weeks!
The FY 2011 Continuing Resolution passed by Congress last week for FY 2011 has significantly cut funding across the federal government, leaving all agencies with tough decisions to be made in the next thirty days about the specific programs that will be cut. As agency leadership considers what to cut, it is critical that we show strong support for environmental education and ensure that these EE programs do not end up on the chopping block!
Now, more than ever, we must rally together as a community to express the importance of continued support for environmental, climate change and watershed education. While the benefits of and bi-partisan support for environmental education are well-documented and continue to grow, the overall sentiment in Washington is that everything must be cut, but these cuts should not come at the expense of our children’s future. We hope you will join us in expressing the importance of continued funding for environmental education at all four agencies.
To sign on, please email Jenna Peters at Pet...@nwf.org with the following information by Monday, April 25th:
· Your organization’s name
· The state where you are based ONLY if you are not a national or regional group (i.e. – operating in more than one state)
· Whether or not your organization is signing onto ALL FOUR letters, just one letter, or some combination
Thank you in advance for your support!
Best,
Danielle Moodie-Mills
Danielle A. Moodie-Mills
Senior Manager Environmental Education Campaigns
National Wildlife Federation
National Advocacy Center
901 E Street NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004
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