Congress is currently discussing the appropriations for the 2011 fiscal year, including the North American Wetlands Conservation Act. The president recommended a cut to the program, so it is critical that Ducks Unlimited members and supporters contact their members of Congress to urge them to support funding NAWCA at the highest funding level practical.
This is a very difficult budget year, with many lawmakers looking to cut spending. However, NAWCA's unique 1:1 federal dollar to matching dollar requirement doubles every dollar invested by the federal government puts into the program. And because NAWCA is so popular and effective, projects often have $2-3 per federal dollar, potentially tripling or quadrupling the federal investment.
Members of Congress Supporting NAWCA funding for 2011
Alaska:
Rep. Don Young
Arkansas:
Sen. Blanche Lincoln
Rep. Mike Ross
Arizona:
Rep. Raul Grijalva
California:
Rep. Howard Berman
Rep. Mary Bono Mack
Sen. Barbara Boxer
Rep. Lois Capps
Rep. Jim Costa
Rep. Bob Filner
Rep. Jerry McNerney
Rep. Grace Napolitano
Rep. Pete Stark
Rep. Mike Thompson
Rep. Henry Waxman
Rep. Lynn Woolsey
Connecticut:
Rep. Joe Courtney
Rep. Rosa Delauro
Delaware:
Rep. Michael N. Castle
Sen. Ted Kaufman
Florida:
Sen. George LeMieux
Georgia:
Sen. Saxby Chambliss
Rep. David Scott
Hawaii:
Sen. Daniel Akaka
Rep. Mazie K. Hirono
Idaho:
Sen. Michael Crapo
Sen. James E. Risch
Illinois:
Sen. Richard Durbin
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Rep. Michael Quigley
Iowa:
Rep. Bruce Braley
Rep. Dave Loebsack
Kansas:
Sen. Pat Roberts
Louisiana:
Sen. Mary Landrieu
Rep. Charles Melancon
Sen. David Vitter
Maine:
Rep. Mike Michaud
Maryland:
Sen. Benjamin Cardin
Rep. Frank Kratovil
Rep. John Sarbanes
Rep. Chris Van Hollen
Michigan:
Rep. John Conyers
Rep. John Dingell
Sen. Carl Levin
Rep. Sander M. Levin
Rep. Gary C. Peters
Sen. Debbie Stabenow
Minnesota:
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Rep. James Oberstar
Missouri:
Sen. Kit Bond
Nebraska:
Sen. Mike Johanns
Rep. Adrian Smith
New Hampshire:
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
Rep. Carol Shea Porter
New Jersey:
Rep. Rob Andrews
Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo
New Mexico:
Sen. Jeff Bingaman
New York:
Sen. Kristen Gillibrand
Rep. John Hall
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney
Rep. Charles Rangel
Rep. Anthony Weiner
North Carolina:
Sen. Richard Burr
Sen. Kay Hagen
Rep. Walter B. Jones
North Dakota:
Rep. Earl Pomeroy
Ohio:
Rep. Dennis Kucinich
Rep. Betty Sutton
Rep. Charlie Wilson
Oklahoma:
Rep. Dan Boren
Sen. James Inhofe
Oregon:
Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Sen. Jeff Merkley
Rep. David Wu
Sen. Ron Wyden
Pennsylvania:
Rep. Chris Carney
Rep. Jim Gerlach
Rep. Tim Holden
Rep. Joeseph A. Sestak
Rhode Island:
Rep. Patrick Kennedy
Rep. Jim Langevin
Sen. Jack Reed
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
South Carolina:
Rep. Henry Brown
Sen. Lindsey Graham
Rep. John M. Spratt
South Dakota:
Sen. Tim Johnson
Sen. John Thune
Texas:
Sen. John Cornyn
Rep. Lloyd Doggett
Tennessee:
Rep. Steve Cohen
Virginia:
Rep. Robert Scott
Washington:
Rep. Jay Inslee
West Virginia:
Rep. Nick Rahall
Wisconsin:
Rep. Tammy Baldwin
Sen. Russell Feingold
Sen. Herb Kohl
Rep. Tom Petri
Wyoming:
Rep. Cynthia Lummis