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From: Jessica Randall
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To: Heidi Eisenhour; Kate Dean
Subject: Fwd: Senator Van deWege amendments - see below! Urgent issue!
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Heidi and Kate,
I know you’re both busy, but this is critical to attain funding to make the transition away from logging our most ecologically precious forests.
It’s a biggie.
If you have the time, please comment on this bill. You Commissioners are our lifeline right now to the future of our water, salmon, et cetera.
thank you so much,
Jessica
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Subject: Senator Van deWege amendments - see below! Urgent issue!
Hi Lands Group allies and other forest friends - More soon but we are going to have to fight like crazy to keep the 80 million NCS older forest proviso. VDW will try tomorrow in W
and M at 4 to eliminate the whole thing. We are going to try a few actions to defend. Stay tuned. His horrible amendments are included below.
Four County Commissioners have weighed in to defend our position - I will send their letter around. We should have an action alert you can use with your networks very soon.David and
I talked earlier and we think some of us should make some calls to select senators too.
More soon!
VdW amendment removing the $80 million. It’s as we thought – deletes the proviso and reduces Natural Climate Solutions Funding to the agency by $80 million. https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedule
s/Home/Document/260117#toolbar=0&navpanes=0 <https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules/Home/Document/260117#toolbar=0&navpanes=0>
VdW amendment to strike $400K and carbon sequestration strategy language from DNR’s budget: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules/Home/Document/260116#toolbar=0&navpanes=0 <https://app.leg.wa.g
ov/committeeschedules/Home/Document/260116#toolbar=0&navpanes=0>
VdW amendment to remove $500K upland study from DNR’s budget:
https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules/Home/Document/260115#toolbar=0&navpanes=0
VdW amendment to remove $1.6 million to Ecology for developing natural and working lands carbon sequestration strategy:
https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules/Home/Document/260111#toolbar=0&navpanes=0