Dear Auduboners -



Here is a quick way to inform your elected federal officials of how you
think they should act on the pending legislation that would provide
increased US funding of The Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act
Grants Program.



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Thanx,

Bill Miller

Conservation Chair

Fort Collins Audubon Society



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From: audubonaction@... [mailto:audubonaction@...]
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 2:53 PM
To: Bill Miller
Subject: ALERT! Help Migratory Birds





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Congress to Decide Fate of Critical Bill for Songbirds

Dear Bill,


Western Tanager
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<http://audubonaction.org/campaign/neotrops/8557u5n9o7wb7eem?> E-mail your
members of Congress today! Let them know that you support efforts to protect
migratory songbirds, like this Western Tanager.

Our most beloved songbirds are in trouble. More than 300 species of
neotropical migratory birds, such as Western Tanagers, Wood Thrushes, and
Bobolinks, travel thousands of miles between Latin America and the Caribbean
to their northern breeding grounds. These birds are facing an increasingly
complex range of threats-habitat loss, invasive species, avian diseases, and
a changing climate.

We can help: The Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Grants Program
is an innovative, cost-effective approach to bird conservation, supporting
projects to benefit bird populations and their habitats, research and
monitoring, law enforcement, and outreach and education throughout Canada,
the US, Latin America, and the Caribbean. But right now, this program can
only support a fraction of the projects in need of funding.

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your members of Congress today. Urge them to cosponsor legislation to
reauthorize this vital program with increased funding.

Fostering International Cooperation
By their very nature, migratory species are a symbol of the need for
international efforts in nature conservation. To safeguard the future for
Neotropical migratory birds, protections must be in place at every stop
along their migratory routes. The Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation
Act builds critical links between conservation efforts here in the U.S. and
those of our conservation partners in Latin America and Canada.

Momentum is building in Congress to give a much-needed boost to this
program, but your elected representatives need to hear that protecting
migratory songbirds is important to YOU, their constituents.

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e-mail your U.S. Representative and Senators today.

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