Your Help is Needed to Save Funding for the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program

New Deadline August 24th, 2012!

New List of Signers on the Letter! 

Thank you so much for jumping into action to help save the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program!  Thanks to your efforts, we already have 443!  Please help us send a strong message of support to the Senate.  Please check out the current list of signers at the link below and continue to reach out to those who haven't yet signed.   

Missouri Signers as of August 15, 2012 

Bridging The Gap
Bryant Creek
Conservation Federation of Missouri
Earth's Classroom, Inc.  
Friends of Lakeside Nature Center
Hawthorn Chapter of the Missouri Native Plant Society
Healthy Rivers Partnership
James River Basin Partnership
Kansas City WildLands
Missouri Bird Conservation Initiative
Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation
Missouri Native Seed Association
Missouri Natural Areas Committee
Missouri Prairie Foundation  
Missouri River Bird Observatory
Missouri Society of American Foresters
Missouri Stream Team #1536
Missouri Stream Team #1883
Missouri Stream Team #1920
Missouri Stream Team #2042
Missouri Stream Team #208
Missouri Stream Team #2428-Little Blue River Watershed Coalition
Missouri Stream Team #2574-Concerned Citizens for Better Development
Missouri Stream Team #2687
Missouri Stream Team #2800
Missouri Stream Team #2860-The Hensley's
Missouri Stream Team #2945-La Russell
Missouri Stream Team #3045
Missouri Stream Team #313
Missouri Stream Team #3131
Missouri Stream Team #3215 -Lake of the Ozarks Watershed Alliance
Missouri Stream Team #3631
Missouri Stream Team #3757-South Grand River Watershed Alliance
Missouri Stream Team #4031
Missouri Stream Team #4078
Missouri Stream Team #4219
Missouri Stream Team #553
Missouri Stream Team #57
Missouri Stream Team Watershed Coalition
Ozark Mountain Scientific
Ozark Underground Laboratory, Inc.
Powell Gardens, Inc.
Quail and Upland Wildlife Federation
Shaw Nature Reserve
South Grand River Watershed Alliance

 

The US House of Representatives has proposed a massive (50%) cut to FY13 funding for the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program.  This program has already been cut by over 30% since 2010.  We understand the fiscal constraints of the country and know everyone needs to do their part.  However this large and disproportionate cut to a successful program that is preventing endangered species listings does not make economic sense.  We know that when a species has to be federally listed, costs skyrocket!  The last two years the US Senate has worked hard to restore funding to this program but only after they heard from the Teaming With Wildlife Coalition. Please consider adding your organization's name to the attached letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Interior Appropriations Committee.  Thanks for all that you do to support fish and wildlife conservation.

Click here to view the Teaming With Wildlife National Sign on Letter with the current list of signers.

Deadline:  August 24, 2012

Send an email with your organization's name and state to mhumpert@fishwildlife.org to sign on.