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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>I’m connecting you with Lesley Kane, who is the Director of Outdoors America and is organizing a letter of support to Congress urging approval of the Great American Outdoors Act. This bill would accomplish two purposes that are relevant to most of us. It would permanently dedicate $900 million per year to the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). The LWCF is an essential source of funding for a wide variety of conservation projects in Rhode Island and across the country. It would also invest $1.9 billion annually for the next five years to complete deferred maintenance projects on lands managed by the National Park Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and other federal public lands agencies. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>There are already hundreds of signatories from across the country, but Rhode Island is underrepresented so we wanted to be sure that organizations like ours were aware of the letter and given the opportunity to sign on. I’m sure that Lesley would be happy to answer any questions that you have.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>A link to sign the letter can be found here: </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_forms_d_e_1FAIpQLScI8e-5FhFwTvZn8MZhGigThKUK9Ow2dppSepfzKccfYC06u3rw_viewform-3Ffbzx-3D1500149330274853822&d=DwMFAg&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=PNPCCLvWGdSuU1Tdn5Dnfma8bA9iLrs91avOnZ4uMV0&m=V7Z6wb-A708GgrIi6CCRpyYq-2TQgH5NMza_UJqFJPk&s=KIZeOQlbqqkpyK-yStoIVnNuPZwic2HYrPGgLUT_-Bo&e="><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:blue'>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScI8e_hFwTvZn8MZhGigThKUK9Ow2dppSepfzKccfYC06u3rw/viewform?fbzx=1500149330274853822</span> [docs.google.com]</a><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>I have already signed on and if you feel like this speaks to your organization, you should too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>-Alicia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D'>Alicia J. 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