Great Waters Bills
Next week, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will consider a series of regional watershed restoration bills. These bills will create or bolster EPA and other agencies' offices to implement restoration projects and guide smart land use decisions.
The Great Waters Coalition is calling upon the conservation community to weigh in with Senate EPW Committee Members and urge them to pass the following bills as part of a Great Waters Omnibus.
H.R. 4715 Clean Estuaries Act
H.R. 4029/ S. 2739 Puget Sound Recovery Act
H.R. 4001/ S. 2724 Lake Tahoe Restoration Act
H.R. 4755/ S. 3073 Great Lakes Ecosystem Protection Act
H.R. 3852/ S. 1816 Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act
H.R. 4652/ S. 3025 Columbia River Restoration Act
S. 1311 Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act
S. 3119 Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act
H.R. 5061 San Francisco Bay Improvement Act
The Great Waters Coalition has messaging materials, fact sheets on each bill. If you'd like more information, please either contact George Sorvalis (sorvalisg@nwf.org), or Josh Saks (saksj@nwf.org / 202-797-6631), who is leading NWF's work on this.
This is about health, clean stream and rivers for all Americans, and we encourage you to weigh in.
Please find attached a couple fact sheet and the contact information for the EPW Committee Members.
