Roger,
The stoke level was high last week in D.C.! We held our largest ever
fly-in with 22 volunteer participants and seven staff, all in the name
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund – the No. 1 outdoors access
tool in America.
BHA badasses from AK, CA, CO, ID, MI, MT, NV, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, WA
and WI descended on Capitol Hill and took part in 42 meetings with congressional
offices. Participants ranged from conservation stalwarts like Tom
Healy from Montana to young guns from our college clubs. We even had
our youngest participant ever, Sydney, age 17, who came with her
father. The vast majority of our conversations about LWCF were very
positive. We held a reception on Wednesday night, and not only was
it well attended by our members and conservation partners, Sen. Heinrich
(D-NM) and Sen. Gardner (R-CO) also stopped by. We flew in Hal
Herring who recorded podcasts with Sens. Heinrich, Burr (R-NC), Bennett
(D-CO) and Congressman Marshall (R-KS) — two Rs and 2 Ds, demonstrating
that bipartisanship still exists in this country. Watch for their
release in the coming weeks.
After their good work on the hill, our grassroots soldiers went home
even more fired up with the tools to make change possible. One
of those tools was an all-day media training put on by former BHA chairman,
Outdoor
Life contributor and communications pro Ben Long. For
those who know Ben, who received our Mike Beagle Chairman Award this
year, this note from him truly is significant: “Great seeing you in
D.C. Went home as inspired as I’ve been in a long while.” Simple and
sweet.
For those that couldn’t make it out to D.C., you can still play part. Take
action by calling your senators and representatives today. Call
202-224-3121 and say where you're from. Then let the folks in D.C.
know that you want permanent reauthorization and full funding for the
Land and Water Conservation Fund. You also can take action here.
BHA is made up of doers — let’s do!
Onward and upward,
Land Tawney, BHA President and CEO
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