Things are moving very fast on the budget cuts for this year. If you have time please call our senator, especially if they are a Republican.

The current budget ends in June of this year. There are de appropriations bills being finalized this week.  Department of Natural Resources  is being cut and so is Iowa Department of Land Stewardship.  Money is being transferred from Open Spaces in the REAP program to park maintenance. What does this mean? Less money on new projects and that money goes to park maintenance. Taking away money from REAP is a very bad thing. Of course we want our parks maintained. How about money from the general fund to do that and not REAP?

Our message is

Don't cut the budgets of DNR and IDALS.
Don't take money from the Open Spaces account in REAP

Call your senator at 515-281-3371.

 If they can't come to the phone ask that a message be delivered to their desk.

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Fish have to swim, birds have to nest, tell the Corps to do their best
Debbie Neustadt

Des Moines, Iowa

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