> > >**Greetings,** > >**I am including a news release from last week announcing that the >House Resources Committee passed Congressman Kind's Neotropical >Migratory Conservation Bird Act, HR 518. ** > >**Please share with interested people.** > >**Thank you.** > >**Karrie Jackelen** > >**Office of Congressman Ron Kind** > >** ** > >**News from Congressman Ron Kind** > > > *REPRESENTING WISCONSIN'S THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT * > > > /*/1406 Longworth House Office Building * Washington, D.C. > 20515 * (202) 225-5506/*/ > > > * * > > > *IMMEDIATE RELEASE* > > > *March 30, 2006* > > > *Contact: Stephanie Lundberg* > > > *Phone: (202) 225-5506* > >* * > > *House Resources Committee Passes Kind Bird Conservation Act* > >*/Important step towards reauthorizing program to sustain vulnerable >bird populations/**//* > >*Washington**, DC* - On Wednesday, the House Committee on Resources >passed unanimously legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) >to improve protections for America's migratory birds. This is a >significant step towards final passage of Kind's legislation, HR >518, which reauthorizes and makes improvements to the Neotropical >Migratory Bird Conservation Act, including the creation of a >matching grants program to fund projects that promote the >conservation of vulnerable migratory bird species and the habitats >along their migration routes. > >"Reauthorization of this Act will direct critically needed funds >towards a program with proven record of success," states Rep. Kind, >who was recently recognized as Conservation Legislator of the Year >by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. > >George Fenwick, President of American Bird Conservancy said >"Congressman Kind's bill represents funding for real on-the-ground >conservation efforts for migratory birds, and we will continue to >assist him in advancing this important bill until it is signed into >law." > >The next action towards final passage of the Neotropical Migratory >Bird Conservation Act are a House vote on Kind's bill and a Senate >vote on companion legislation (S 1410). > > > > > > > * - 30 -* > > > > >-- > > > >Rod Negus >AHPCRC >612-337-3434 >[email protected] > > >This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential or >privileged information, the use and disclosure of which is legally >restricted. If you have received this message in error, please >notify the sender by reply message, do not otherwise distribute it, >and delete this message with all of its contents, from your files.
-- ________________________________ Karen Schik Restoration Ecologist Friends of the Mississippi River 360 North Robert Street Saint Paul MN 55101 Phone 651/222-2193 ext 15 Fax 651/222-6005 http://www.fmr.org
