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overing America's Wildlife Act W HEN W HERE WHY RSV P W ednesday, M arch 14, 2018 1 7:30 a .m . - 3:30 a .m . (Please note tim e change) | 2044 Rayburn H ouse Office Building W ashington, D C 20003 | H i e R e c o v e r in g A m e r ic a 's W ild life A c t ( I I .R , 4 6 4 7 ) w a s in t r o d u c e d b y C o n g r e s s i o n a l .S p o r ts m e n s C au cu s (C SC ) M em bers C on gressm an Jeff Forten berry (N E ) and C on gressw om an D ebbie D ingell (M I) to m eet the in creasin g need for proactive w ildlife con servation fu n d in g for the full array o f our n atio n s fish an d w ildlife resou rces and the habitats on w hich they depend. H .R . 464 7 w ill ded icate $1.3 billion an n u ally in existin g reven ue fro m the d evelo pm en t o f en ergy an d m in eral resou rces on federal lands and w aters to the W ildlife C on serv ation R estoration P rogram to ad d ress the issu es iden tified in existin g State W ildlife A ction P lan s. Th ese state action p lan s have id en tified over 12,000 sp ecies o f greatest co n serv atio n n eed . C urrently, th ese action p lan s often receive only 5 p ercen t o f the fu n d in g th at is n ecessary to ad d ress the issu es iden tified b y the state fish an d w ildlife agen cies. Tliis p roactive state-b ased w ildlife con servation fu n d in g w ill ensure the future of healthy fish an d w ildlife p o p u latio n s th rough v o lu n tary collaboration . The R ecov erin g A m e ric as W ildlife A ct co m es in resp o n se to the re co m m en d atio n s d ev elo p ed by the Blue R ibbon Panel on Su stain in g A m ericas F ish and W ildlife R esources (B R P ). The A lliance for A m e ric as Fish an d W ildlife n ow represen ts the b ro a d co alitio n d ev elo p ed b y the BRP, w h ich is co-chaired by form er W yom ing G overn or, D av id Freu den th al, and John L. M o rris, fou n d er o f B ass Pro Sh o ps. C on gression al S p o rtsm en s F oun dation (C SF ) P residen t Jeff C ran e is a m em b er o f the BRP, and C S F is c u rre n tly a m e m b e r o f th e A llia n c e fo r A m e r ic a s F ish a n d W ild life wfith o th e r re p re se n ta tiv e s from a diversity o f industries. The A lliance for A m e ric as F ish an d W ildlife look s forw ard to w ork in g w ith the b ipartisan C o n g ressio n al S p o rtsm e n s C au cu s to su p p o rt an d advan ce the R ecoverin g A m e ric as W ildlife A ct in the 115th C on gress. W ith questions or to RSVP, please contact Kelli Roessler at | kroessler@ congressionalsportsm en.org or call Ex. 6 | TH IS IS A W ID ELY -A TTEN D ED EV EN T. TH IS IN V IT A T IO N IS N O N -TR A N SFER A BLE. SPONSORS t-'- ' b c k A S 'O i I i i i/~\f sJH% :S,j V & T h a n k y o u to th e A sso c ia tio n o f F is h W ild life A g e n c ie s a n d the N a tio n a l W ild life F e d e ra tio n fo r sp on sorin g the R ecovering A m ericas W ildlife A ct B reakfast Briefing. A il p ro c e e d s to b e n e fit th e C o n g r e s sio n a l S p o rtsm e n 's F o u n d a tio n , 110 N o r th C a r o lin a A v en u e, S B , W a sh in g to n , D C 2 0 0 0 3 ji wvvvv,c o n g r e s s i o n a i s p o r t s n i e n .o r g (2 0 2 ) 5 4 3 - 6 8 3 0 . T h e C o n g r e s s i o n a l S p o r t s m e n 's F o u n d a t io n i s a n o n - p r o fit 503 (c )(3 ) o r g a n iz a t i o n . F ed eral ID # 52-1686163. |jj Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 ED 002061 00125900-00001