[mou] Bird Conservation Act passed in WI

[Karen Schik]

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>**Greetings,**
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>**I am including a news release from last week announcing that the 
>House Resources Committee passed Congressman Kind's Neotropical 
>Migratory Conservation Bird Act, HR 518.  **
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>**Please share with interested people.**
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>**Thank you.**
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>**Karrie Jackelen**
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>**Office of Congressman Ron Kind**
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>**News from Congressman Ron Kind**
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>            *REPRESENTING WISCONSIN'S THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT *
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>            /*/1406 Longworth House Office Building * Washington, D.C.
>            20515 * (202) 225-5506/*/
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>            *IMMEDIATE RELEASE*
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>            *March 30, 2006*
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>            *Contact: Stephanie Lundberg*
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>            *Phone: (202) 225-5506*
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>            *House Resources Committee Passes Kind Bird Conservation Act*
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>*/Important step towards reauthorizing program to sustain vulnerable 
>bird populations/**//*
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>*Washington**, DC* - On Wednesday, the House Committee on Resources 
>passed unanimously legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) 
>to improve protections for America's migratory birds.  This is a 
>significant step towards final passage of Kind's legislation, HR 
>518, which reauthorizes and makes improvements to the Neotropical 
>Migratory Bird Conservation Act, including the creation of a 
>matching grants program to fund projects that promote the 
>conservation of vulnerable migratory bird species and the habitats 
>along their migration routes.
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>"Reauthorization of this Act will direct critically needed funds 
>towards a program with proven record of success," states Rep. Kind, 
>who was recently recognized as Conservation Legislator of the Year 
>by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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>George Fenwick, President of American Bird Conservancy said 
>"Congressman Kind's bill represents funding for real on-the-ground 
>conservation efforts for migratory birds, and we will continue to 
>assist him in advancing this important bill until it is signed into 
>law."
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>The next action towards final passage of the Neotropical Migratory 
>Bird Conservation Act are a House vote on Kind's bill and a Senate 
>vote on companion legislation (S 1410).
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>Rod Negus
>AHPCRC
>612-337-3434
>rdn@ahpcrc.org
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Karen Schik
Restoration Ecologist
Friends of the Mississippi River
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Saint Paul MN  55101

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