On April 16, 2013, The Wilderness Society Director of Conservation Funding Alan Rowsome gave testimony to the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee.
America’s environment – the air, water, and land shared by all Americans – is vital to the American economy. The values of clean, drinkable water and breathable air are valued in the trillions of dollars.
The budgetary “sequester” scheduled for January 2013 must be avoided in order to prevent deep and damaging cuts to federal programs that support public lands and the communities and wildlife that depend on them, clean air and water, and a sustainable energy future.
Congress is considering drastic cuts to vital conservation and environmental programs! Here are some of the effects of making deeper cuts to conservation.
The Wilderness Society has prepared a fact sheet on 2013 priority land acquisition projects as part of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and Forest Legacy programs.
This is a report released Sept. 29, 2011 by Southwick Associates that illustrate the more than $1 trillion annual economic value created by recreation, conservation and historic preservation.
