[TN-Bird] TOS Bird Conservation Action Alerts

From: Melinda Welton <weltonmj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tnbird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:23:19 -0500
Conservation-minded birders,

The Conservation Policy Committee (CPC) drafts letters and takes other
conservation actions on behalf of the Tennessee Ornithological Society
throughout the year. The CPC, and President Dick Preston, would like to
engage TOS members to join us in some of these actions for the benefit of
Tennessee's birds and the birds of North America in general. We think that
this is important because the numbers of letters that a lawmaker gets on a
particular issue can influence their position.

From time to time we will be posting Action Alerts. These alerts will
clearly state the action we are requesting with background information on
the issue. The action will usually be a phone call or a letter to one or
several state representatives or members of the TN delegation to Washington.
We will provide phone numbers and addresses, or links where you can find
them. (Remember, since the anthrax scare several years ago, letters need to
be faxed or emailed to Congress.)

We promise to be strategic and not overload you with requests for action. We
expect that Action Alerts will average less than one per month.

These alerts will be generated either by the TOS Conservation Policy
Committee or by the Bird Conservation Alliance, which TOS is a members of.

We anticipate that tn-birds subscribers have a commitment to bird
conservation and we hope that you will make the time to respond to as many
of our Action Alerts as you can.

Thank you in advance for your time to contribute to the protection of what
we all value.
Melinda Welton
TOS Conservation Policy Committee Co-chair

Conservation Policy Committee members
Bob Hatcher, Co-chair
Kevin Calhoon
Gregg Elliott 
Chuck Nicholson
Dick Preston


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