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March 5, 2025

Speak up For Nature

Land Conservation Call to Action!
March 24 – 28, 2025

WHAT: Take ONE of the following actions this week

  • Contact your State Legislators by phone or email
  • Schedule a visit with your State Legislators (CLCC can help!)
  • Write an op-ed or letter to the editor for your local paper

WHY: It is a critical time for land conservation

Your State Legislators need to hear from you on budget items and legislation that will have lasting impacts on land conservation.

WHO: Organizations and people, like you, who care about the future of their community and the State

HOW: Send a strong message to your lawmakers that land conservation matters to you and your community

GOAL: EVERY State Legislator receives at least one land conservation contact this week

Find Your Legislators

View CLCC’s Testimony from the 2025 Legislative Session

See Sample Message Below
In your own words…

Dear State Rep/State Senator ___________ ,

At this midway point in the legislative session, there are a number of issues before you that impact land conservation in our community and are important to me.

I ask you to:

  • Say YES to restoring $10MM annual Bonding for the Open Space & Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Program (OSWA) in the Governor’s Bond Package (SB1247)
  • Say NO to diverting funding from OSWA (Remove Section 24 from HB5004, now Section 20 in Substitute Bill)
  • Say YES to Strengthening the Community Investment Act as a Dedicated, Non-Lapsing Account to support open space, farmland, historic preservation, and affordable housing programs (SB1522 and SB956)
  • Say YES to Legislation that Recognizes the Value of Nature-Based Solutions as Part of State Resilience Policies (HB5004, SB9, and SB1245)

These issues are important to me and my community because:

[This is so important! Provide your own examples of how land conservation impacts you and your community, such as a description of the work of your organization, its volunteers, and the impacts your programs have had on your community. This is also an opportunity to add comments about other bills you support or oppose.]

Thank you in advance for your support on/these important issues!

Your name, town, and organization and its service area (if applicable)