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Fund our most successful public lands program!

From some of Colorado's most iconic landscapes like the Great Sand Dunes and Black Canyon of the Gunnison, to boat launch/takeout access on the Colorado River in Eagle County, to community parks and trails in our own backyards, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) has set aside and protected special places in Colorado and nationwide for more than 50 years. If you've gone fishing, hiking or camping on public lands, or picnicked at a community park in your area, there's a good chance the LWCF helped protect it. Earlier this year, Congress passed legislation permanently authorizing the LWCF - the next step is to make sure it is fully funded.

LWCF doesn't rely on your tax dollars, but rather is funded by an earmarked portion of royalties paid on offshore oil and gas development. Unfortunately, that dedicated stream of revenue is regularly raided for other purposes in the annual politics of the appropriations process. More than $22 billion has been diverted from LWCF over its 54 year history! Senators Bennet and Gardner have been champions in supporting dedicated funding for LWCF and are co-sponsors of Senate legislation to secure full, permanent funding for the program (S. 1081) and recently introduced the new Great American Outdoors Act including permanent funding of LWCF as well as funding to address the maintenance backlog on National Parks and other public lands. Representatives Crow, DeGette, Neguse and Perlmutter are cosponsoring LWCF funding legislation in the House of Representatives (HR 3195); we hope to see Representatives Buck, Lamborn and Tipton also join in supporting this bipartisan effort on behalf of Colorado's great outdoors.

Please take a moment today to urge your Representative to support HR 3195 and help secure dedicated funding for LWCF!

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Black Canyon of the Gunnison

Why is the Black Canyon of the Gunnison named that? Well, it's because of how little sunlight reaches some parts of the canyon's narrow and deep walls. The narrowest point is just 40 feet across, "The Narrows", and the deepest point is 2,722 feet at Warner Point. Land and Water Conservation funds (LWCF) have been essential for protecting and expanding the Black Canyon NP.

Support HR 3195 for public lands and outdoor recreation

Subject: Support HR 3195 for public lands and outdoor recreation

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As a Coloradan, I appreciate our state's great outdoors and all it provides to my quality of life and to our state's $62 billion dollar outdoor recreation economy. The Land and Water Conservation Fund has been America's most successful program investing back into our public lands and outdoor recreation for more than 50 years, and it is time to secure its future funding on a permanent basis. I urge you to join as a co-sponsor and support HR 3195, providing permanent dedicated funding of the LWCF. The program was set up to receive a portion of off-shore drilling royalties and not rely on tax dollars. HR 3195 will ensure that those funds are invested in our parks, communities and outdoor economy and not raided as part of the politics around annual appropriations. LWCF has helped support our state's crown jewels - like the Black Canyon of the Gunnison and Great Sand Dunes National Parks - as well as providing improved recreation access and supporting local trails and parks throughout Colorado. These efforts are too important to our Colorado way of life to keep at risk in each year's appropriations cycle. Please support full dedicated funding - as a co-sponsor of HR3195 - so that LWCF can continue to create success stories in Colorado's great outdoors for generations to come.

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Subject: Thank you for supporting HR 3195 for public lands and outdoor recreation

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As a Coloradan, I appreciate our state's great outdoors and all it provides to my quality of life and to our state's $62 billion dollar outdoor recreation economy. The Land and Water Conservation Fund has been America's most successful program investing back into our public lands and outdoor recreation for more than 50 years, and it is time to secure its future funding on a permanent basis. Thank you for signing on as a co-sponsor of HR 3195, to provide permanent dedicated funding to the LWCF. The program was set up to receive a portion of off-shore drilling royalties and not rely on tax dollars. HR 3195 will ensure that those funds are invested in our parks, communities and outdoor economy and not raided as part of the politics around annual appropriations. I appreciate you adding your voice in support of this important legislation. LWCF has helped support our state's crown jewels - like the Black Canyon of the Gunnison and Great Sand Dunes National Parks - as well as providing improved recreation access and supporting local trails and parks throughout Colorado. These efforts are too important to our Colorado way of life to keep at risk in each year's appropriations cycle. Please continue your support of HR3195 and work towards its passage through the Congress, so that LWCF can continue to create success stories in Colorado's great outdoors for generations to come.

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