CHARLES WINTERWOOD .CHAIR OF THE IOWA Chapter of the Sierra Club says "it's time we reward farmer's for practicing good stewardship practices. Senator Harkin's Conservation Security Act will do this which will in turn ease the agricultural runoff which is polluting Iowa's rivers and lakes. We need to devote more of the agricultural budget to conservation instead of commodity price supports for crops we are overproducing such as corn and soybeans." --- [log in to unmask] wrote: > Hi Charlie: Brett Hulsey asked me to show this > draft press release we plan > to issue tomorrow endorsing Senator Harkin's > Conservation Security Act > (this was endorsed by our "Farm Bill taskforce," > consisting of Hank Graddy, > Bob Warrick, Robin Mann, Tim Frank, and Roy > Hengerson). Would you be > interested in providing a quote to give this an Iowa > spin that I'm sure > Harkin would appreciate? Thanks, Amy. PS: The > press conference is 11am > EST tomorrow, so I'll need an answer by 9am > tomorrow. > (See attached file: Draft Press Release on CSA.doc) > > > Amy Maron > Washington, D.C. Representative > Environmental Quality Program > Sierra Club > 408 C Street, NE > Washington, D.C. 20002 > (202) 675-2397; fax (202) 547-6009 > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/msword name=Draft Press Release on CSA.doc __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For SC email list T-and-C, send: GET TERMS-AND-CONDITIONS.CURRENT to [log in to unmask]