RTP Update-Key Senators Announce Support of RTP Amendment

February 15, 2012 12:54 PM

Calls from recreational users, both motorized and non-motorized, are coming in by the hundreds, and Senators are responding! We just received word that North Carolina Senator Richard Burr, New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Idaho Senator James Risch all signed on as co-sponsors of the Senate Rec Trails Amendment. See our previous alert here. This is good news, but more calls and emails are needed. If you haven't already, please take advantage of ARRA's click-and-send webpage here.Want to be even more effective? Take your OHV 

Key Senators announce support of RTP amendment.
Critical vote soon. Calls are STILL needed!

Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber,

Calls from recreational users, both motorized and non-motorized, are coming in by the hundreds, and Senators are responding! We just received word that North Carolina Senator Richard Burr, New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Idaho Senator James Risch all signed on as co-sponsors of the Senate Rec Trails Amendment. See our previous alert here.

This is good news, but more calls and emails are needed. If you haven't already, please take advantage of ARRA's click-and-send webpage here.

Want to be even more effective? Take your OHV advocacy the next step. Contact your senator directly via phone with a simple message: "I support Minnesota Senator Klobuchar's amendment to the Senate transportation spending bill (S.1813)"  (More info here

To find the U.S. Senate office nearest you, click HERE and type in your zip code. Do it now!

Thanks,
Ric Foster
Public Lands Department Manager
BlueRibbon Coalition
208-237-1008 ext 107

 


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