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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Native Plant Conservation Campaign Action Alert: <strong>THIS WEEK - Speak out for plants and science during Congressional recess. </strong>Tell Congress to reject Trump budget.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>May 29, 2017<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Your senators and representatives are home until June 2 to hear exactly what their constituents think of how they are doing in Washington. <strong><a href="http://t.ymlp245.net/wuqadaebehsalawhearaumm/click.php">You can tell them THIS WEEK at a town hall meeting! </a></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The Trump budget proposal slashes funding for science and conservation in the U.S. and around the world. According to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), <a href="http://t.ymlp245.net/wuyacaebehsatawheafaumm/click.php">if [the Trump budget] were to become law, would devastate America’s science and technology enterprise and negatively affect our nation’s economy and public well-being</a>.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Selected proposed cuts (source Ecological Society of America)*<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Environmental Protection Agency (clean water, air, climate change): $5.7 billion, <strong>31% decrease</strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>USDA/Forest Service: $4.7 billion, <strong>10% decrease</strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>DOI/Fish and Wildlife Service (Endangered Species Act, National Wildlife Refuges): $1.3 billion, <strong>14% decrease</strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>DOI/National Park Service: $2.55 billion, <strong>13% decrease</strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>National Science Foundation: $6.7 billion, <strong>11% decrease</strong><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>In response, 148 scientific societies have sent <a href="http://t.ymlp245.net/wesaoaebehsavawheanaumm/click.php">a joint letter to congressional leaders on the importance of federal research funding</a>.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Add your voice to theirs! AAAS has helpful resources tips and resources if you want to attend a <b><a href="http://t.ymlp245.net/wuqadaebehsalawhearaumm/click.php" title="https://www.forceforscience.org/town-hall-meetings">Congressional Town Hall</a> meeting this week</b>.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>You can also meet with your representatives during the <b>August recess</b>. Join the <a href="http://t.ymlp245.net/weuacaebehsazawheaiaumm/click.php">American Institute for Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits Event</a>. They will help you set up your meeting. Register by July 18, 2017.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>AAAS also offers tools to help you speak out by other means<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Write to your <a href="http://t.ymlp245.net/weeagaebehsaxawheazaumm/click.php" title="https://www.forceforscience.org/write-to-congress">Members of Congress</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Write a <a href="http://t.ymlp245.net/wemapaebehsakawheagaumm/click.php" title="https://www.forceforscience.org/letter-to-the-editor">Letter to the Editor</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong>Speak Out for Plants and Science! </strong>Whether you write your local paper, your elected representatives or attend a Congressional town hall, the <a href="http://t.ymlp245.net/wejacaebehsacawheadaumm/click.php">NPCC Speak Out for Plants page</a> offers <a href="http://plantsocieties.cnps.org/index.php/action-main/contact-your-elected-representatives#AskRep">talking points and background on the importance of plant <span style='color:#1F497D'>science and </span>conservation</a>.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>* Topline agency numbers, compared to FY 2017 enacted budgets: Numbers may be slightly different due to rounding. Unless otherwise noted in the summaries that follow, FY 2018 proposed funding is compared to FY 2017 funding as enacted in the Omnibus Appropriations bill.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>PLEASE FORWARD THIS ALERT to friends, organizations and colleagues! <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>___________________________________<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Emily B. Roberson, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://plantsocieties.cnps.org/">Native Plant Conservation Campaign</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>415 531 <u>4439</u><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:emilyr@plantsocieties.org">emilyr@plantsocieties.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><em>The mission of the Native Plant Conservation Campaign is to promote the conservation of native plants and their habitats through collaboration, research, education, and advocacy.</em><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><a href="http://signup.ymlp245.net/xghwwhjjgmgb">Sign up for NPCC News</a>! </b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/plantsocieties"><b>Like us on Facebook!</b></a> <b><a href="http://plantsocieties.cnps.org/index.php/action-main/donate-to-campaign">Donate</a>!</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><a href="http://plantsocieties.cnps.org/index.php"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://img.ymlp245.net/09yp_NCCPLogoEmailSz_2.jpg"></span></a></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=1 width="50%" noshade style='color:black' align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://ymlp245.net/ughwwhjjgsgummgjsesggejmqu"><span style='color:black'>Unsubscribe / Change Profile</span></a> <br><a href="http://ymlp245.net/m/"><span style='color:black'>Powered by YMLP</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://t.ymlp245.net/pummzphuqujrbhwk/footer.gif" alt=" "><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>