Support Permanence Support Permanence Legislation for the National Landscape Conservation System! The western United States, with its vast deserts, rugged mountains, and majestic forests and wilderness, is home to some of the best known, wildest, and most stunning examples of Gods handiwork. In June 2000, the National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) - the most innovative American land protection system created in the last 50 years - was established to encompass the public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). This new conservation system consists of more than 26 million acres, and includes: national monuments, National Conservation Areas, wilderness, Wilderness Study Areas, Wild and Scenic Rivers, and National and Scenic Trails.   However, without an act of Congress, the System enjoys no permanent protection.  The national treasures comprising the National Landscape Conservation System—including magnificent forests and rivers that provide critical wildlife habitat—can be and should be unified in a unified system of protected lands. HR 2016 would:  - Provide a congressional stamp of approval for the System, designated presidentially in 2000. The legislation congressionally recognizes the existing System, thereby acknowledging its importance to America’s cultural and natural history and helping to ensure appropriate conservation management  - Ensure permanence. Congress would leave an enduring legacy of the West’s natural and cultural heritage with its support.  - Enhance the system’s stature with the Department of Interior. The system’s outstanding values deserve the same prestige as the department’s other public lands systems, such as national parks or wildlife refuges. This bill will help ensure a strong conservation mandate for the BLM. Lands, wilderness, and open spaces have always been central to the Judeo-Christian tradition, playing a vital role in the spiritual journeys of Biblical individuals from Moses to Jesus Christ. Your email today will help ensure the lands under the National Landscape Conservation System will be permanently protected within a system whose primary purpose is conservation.  Ask your member of Congress to support and vote for, the National Landscape Conservation Act-HR 2016, by either calling or sending them an email. For more information, or to download resources, about the work of the Eco-Justice Program on Wilderness issues, click here. >>Learn More November 21, 2009 Subject: Dear Representative: I’m writing you today to ask you support The National Landscape Conservation Act (HR 2016) – a bill that would provide congressional authorization of the Bureau of Land Management’s 26-million acre Conservation System, which was designated administratively eight years ago. We need to do all we can for the 26 million acres of spectacular lands and waters that are included in the Bureau of Land Management’s Conservation System. These are places that all Americans treasure: wild areas for outdoor recreation, scenic rivers, and important parts of our national heritage like Native American cultural sites and historic trails traversed by the pioneers. Lands, wilderness, and open spaces have always been central to the Judeo-Christian tradition, playing a vital role in the spiritual journeys of Biblical individuals from Moses to Jesus Christ. With your support, the Conservation System will permanently protect some of America’s great western landscapes and diverse ecosystems, and take an important step for protecting more of God's Creation, and give people of faith places to go to experience the Holy. Please vote to support HR 2016 on April 9th. We will add your signature from the information you provide.   First Name* Last Name* Email* Street* Street 2 City* State/Province* Select a state Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware D.C. Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Armed Forces (the) Americas Armed Forces Europe Armed Forces Pacific Alberta British Columbia Manitoba Newfoundland New Brunswick Nova Scotia Northwest Territories Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Territory Other Zip/Postal Code* Send an Email Send a Fax