HPF Full Funding + America's Great Outdoors: Action needed!
Harbeson, Kristen
Friends and allies:
Our ranks have now swelled to more than 210 members! Keep spreading the word to friends, neighbors and partners – the more members, the more effective we will be. Here’s the latest from D.C.:
On April 16th, the President announced the America’s Great Outdoors (AGO) Initiative, a multi-state agency effort to enhance conservation. Early indications show the initiative to be heavily influenced by our conservation friends, with much support for fully funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund. We’ve been working hard to put the HPF on the same footing as the LWCF in Congress and as part of the AGO Initiative, and while we haven’t gotten any firm commitment, our campaign has been persistent and people in charge certainly know what we want. More information on the initiative is found here: http://www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/
ACTION:
· CHANGE THE CONVERSATION in 10 seconds or less: The Department of the Interior is hosting an online forum to contribute ideas and priorities for what should be included in the American’s Great Outdoors initiative. Full funding for the HPF has been submitted, but we need you to vote for it, and to contribute other ideas that include the HPF and cultural resources. The website requires registration, however it is free and simple. Once you register, you can do a search for “Historic Preservation” and click “Promote” next to the Fully Fund HPF idea. http://ideas.usda.gov/ago/ideas.nsf/
· LISTENING SESSIONS: The departments of Interior and Agriculture will be holding listening sessions around the country to garner public input on what the initiative should look like. As we get dates and locations, we will contact Coalition members in those states, and let you know how to participate and make your voices heard! Unfortunately the meeting announcement probably won’t be made until a week or so before the meeting is to take place but we will do our best to let you know the details as soon as possible. We are also working with our partners to draft a message, linking historic and cultural resource preservation with the AGO initiative
As always, please distribute this information to any sympathetic friends, neighbors and partners. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Thank you for all you do for historic preservation and our campaign to secure full funding for the HPF.
Best,
Kristen
Kristen Harbeson, State Services Director | NCSHPO | National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers |
444 N Capitol St NW Suite 342 | Washington DC 20001-1512 | 202-624-5465 | 202-624-5419 fax | harb...@sso.org | www.ncshpo.org
Join the Coalition for Full Funding of the Historic Preservation Fund. visit the website at: www.fullyfundhpf.org