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Good Morning Santa Monica Mountains Activists:

Below is a campaign I started after my recent visit to DC to meet with Trump officials at U.S. Dept of the Interior and House Committee on Natural Resources, this campaign I am finding has been embraced by various national park “friends” groups. You might want to speak up for Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area which is on the Trump Administration chopping block through piecemeal actions by the Administration and congress…..Jim 

Greetings Activists

Sorry, your national parks, national forests, national monuments, national marine sanctuaries and national wildlife refuges are closed……..not quite so fast Mr President. 

The President of the United States has just signed a massive congressionally passed reconciliation bill which orders billions of dollars in cuts to ALL federal agencies.

The cuts are officially ordered BUT not yet passed into law, the bill directs each House Appropriations Committee to come up with the cuts to the federal agencies under their jurisdiction….when it comes to our national public lands units that is the House Appropriations subcommittee for Interior, Environment and related agencies chaired by congressman Mike Simpson (R-ID).

I am told that the subcommittee will start meeting this week to decide on the ordered cuts, so let’s all weigh in and speak up for our national public lands. The future of America’s national public lands are now in the hands of the 11 members of the subcommittee. 

You may call the subcommittee office in DC at (202) 225-3081

The subcommittee operates outside of the realm of public involvement and media coverage but let’s all show the subcommittee, we are watching and we care about our national public lands. Another good tip which I have found which works for me is if you happen to be in DC go by and visit the office of Chair Mike Simpson and let his staff know your views.

Tell the staff in your own words sharing the importance of your favorite national public lands units, mention positive personal experiences by having visited say Yellowstone National Park, or Gateway National Recreation Area, Carrizo Plain National Monument, Shasta National Forest or any other unit you have visited. 

This may well be our last chance to stop massive budget cuts which the Trump/Musk Administration wants to shutter our nation’s natural treasures and keep YOU from visiting them.

for the wild,
Jim 

SAVE THE COCA TEST STANDS!

NASA just demolished the historic Coca test stands that developed the rocket engines for the Apollo Program that sent man to the moon.   We need to reverse this bad decision for the sake of history and so that the future Native American and Space Museum there will be successful.

Please Send our new Message to NASA: 

Will NASA support a billionaire’s donation to pay for building a replica of the 200 ft tall majestic Coca test stand at SSFL?  This Coca replica will preserve forever our Southern California legacy of the America’s first and still only landing of man on the moon.   After the cleanup is completed, this will enable the future Space /Native American Museum there to be successful as the towering historic Coca test stand will draw world wide visitors to the Museum.

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