September 15, 2009

Dear Senator,

On behalf of our organizations and the millions of individuals from across the country we represent, we urge you to work with your colleagues to ensure the Senate passes comprehensive climate and energy legislation that reduces greenhouse gas emissions and dedicates 5% of the total allowance value for natural resources adaptation in order to safeguard fish and wildlife, and the natural resources on which we all rely.

These funds will provide crucial support for job-creating conservation initiatives to protect natural resources which are the backbone of public health and the American economy. Across the country construction crews, engineers, scientists and others will be employed to restore America’s landscapes, strengthen ecosystems so they can withstand disruptive changes, remove invasive species from natural areas, repair damaged watersheds and help revive rural economies.

Healthy natural systems provide clean water, clean air and protect communities from catastrophic weather-related disasters, ranging from hurricanes to floods to forest fires. Outdoor recreation, including hunting, fishing, camping, climbing, hiking, paddling, backcountry skiing, mountain biking, wildlife viewing, and other activities accounts for 8% of all consumer spending, which drives an overall annual contribution of $730 billion to the economy, supporting 6.5 million jobs (1 of every 20 jobs in the U.S.), according to The Outdoor Industry Foundation. The economic value of the natural environment is far higher when the vast range of ecosystem services is also included; conservative estimates tally these benefits at trillions of dollars annually.

Climate change poses an immediate and profound threat to the healthy natural systems that provide us with drinking water, flood protection, food, medicine, timber, recreational opportunities, scenic beauty, jobs, and numerous other services. Given these threats, climate legislation must both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and invest in our natural resources that will provide huge economic benefits for generations. Local, state, federal, and tribal fish, wildlife and land managers are critically short of funding needed to effectively respond to the combination of these challenges to help safeguard our natural resources, fish and wildlife in a warming world. The effort will be substantial and adequate resources are necessary.

As the Senate develops comprehensive climate and energy legislation, your leadership is needed to get the whole job done this year. Please ensure climate legislation both reduces the greenhouse gas emissions triggering climate change and safeguards natural resources, wildlife and our own communities threatened by the changes already set in motion. Specifically, any Senate bill should: establish a national policy framework to begin addressing the impacts of climate change on our natural resources; provide increased scientific capacity, coordination and information sharing; and dedicate 5% of the total allowance value to federal, state and tribal agencies to implement identified actions needed to conserve natural resources in a warming world.

We appreciate your consideration of this request.

Sincerely, The Undersigned Organizations National Organizations Access Fund National Wildlife Federation American Canoe Association National Wildlife Refuge Association American Fisheries Society Nature Abounds American Fly Fishing Trade Association NatureServe American Hiking Society Ocean Conservancy American Land Conservancy Oceana American Rivers Outdoor Alliance American Whitewater Outdoor Industry Association Association for Experiential Education PRBO Conservation Science Botanic Gardens Conservation International Restore America’s Estuaries Center for Biological Diversity Sierra Club Coalition of National Park Service Retirees The Nature Conservancy Defenders of Wildlife Trust for Public Land Earthjustice The Wilderness Society Endangered Species Coalition The Wildlife Society International Mountain Bicycling Association Watchable Wildlife, Inc. Izaak Walton League of America Waterkeeper Alliance National Association of State Foresters Wildlife Conservation Society National Audubon Society Wildlife Forever National Parks Conservation Association Winter Wildlands Alliance National Tribal Environmental Council Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Regional and Local Organizations Alabama Arizona, continued Alabama Rivers Alliance Audubon Arizona Friends of Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Cabeza Prieta Natural History Association, Cabeza Friends of the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge Prieta National Wildlife Refuge Gulf Restoration Network Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection Mobile Bay Audubon Society Environmental and Cultural Conservation Wheeler Wildlife Refuge Association Organization Food Conspiracy Co-op Alaska Friends of Buenos Aires National Wildlife Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society Refuge Alaska Conservation Alliance Friends of Cabeza Prieta Alaska Geographic Friends of Ironwood Forest Audubon Alaska Friends of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Copper River Watershed Project Grand Canyon Wildlands Council Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges Northern Jaguar Project Friends of Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Oro Valley Neighborhood Coalition Kodiak Audubon People for Land and Neighborhoods Northwest Section of the Wildlife Society Sky Island Alliance Renewable Resources Coalition Southern Arizona Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life Arizona Southside Presbyterian, Tucson Arizona Chapter of The Wildlife Society Southwestern Biological Institute Arizona Ecumenical Earth Care Commission Technicians for Sustainability Arizona Interfaith Power and Light Tuscon Audubon Arizona Native Plant Society Western Resource Advocates Arizona Wilderness Coalition Wildlands Network Arizona Wildlife Federation Arizona Zoological Society Arkansas California continued Arkansas Wildlife Federation Northern California River Watch Friends of the North Fork and White Rivers Ocean Revolution Green Faith Alliance Palomar Audubon Mansfield Outdoor Club Palos Verdes/South Bay Audubon Society Northeast Arkansas Flyfishers Planning and Conservation League Pulaski Chapter of the Ozark Society Plumas Audubon Society White River Conservancy Pomona Valley Audubon Society Yell County Wildlife Federation Redwood Empire Chapter, Trout Unlimited Redwood Region Audubon Society California Sacramento-Shasta Chapter of the Back Country Coalition in San Diego County Wildlife Society Buena Vista Audubon Society San Bernadino Valley Audubon Society California Coastal Coalition San Diego Audubon Society California Native Plant Society San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of The California Oak Foundation Wildlife Society California Wildlife Foundation San Joaquin Raptor/Wildlife Rescue Center Californians for Western Wilderness San Joaquin Valley Conservancy Central Sierra Audubon Santa Barbara Audubon Society Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center Save Our Shores Citizens Committee to Complete the Don Edwards Sea and Sage Audubon Society San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Sequoia Audubon Society Clover Valley Foundation Sierra Nevada Alliance Connectivity for Wildlife LLC Southwestern Herpetologist Society Desert Protective Council Stone Lakes National Wildlife Elkhorn Slough Foundation Refuge Association Endangered Habitats League Sustainable Conservation Environmental Protection Information Center The Otter Project Flycasters of San Jose Vote the Coast For the Bayou Western Watersheds Project Friends of Harbors, Beaches and Parks Wild Farm Alliance Friends of Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge Friends of Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge Colorado Friends of Swainson's Hawk Audubon Colorado Friends of the River Boulder County Audubon Society Friends of the San Diego Wildlife Refuges Boulder County Nature Association Gaviota Coast Conservancy Center for Native Ecosystems Gold Country Fly Fishers Central Mountains and Plains Section of The Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Wildlife Society Greenspace - The Cambria Land Trust Colorado Chapter of the Wildlife Society Hills for Everyone Colorado Environmental Coalition Kern Audubon Society Colorado Wildlife Federation Klamath Forest Alliance Ferdinand Hayden Chapter of Trout Unlimited La Purisima Audubon Society Great Old Broads for Wilderness Low Impact Wildlife Photography High Country Citizens Alliance Madrone Audubon Society Quiet Use Coalition Members of Mission Peak Fly Anglers Rocky Mountain Flycasters Mojave Desert Bird Club Rocky Mountain Recreation Initiative Monterey Coastkeeper San Juan Citizens Alliance Northern California Council, Federation of San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council Fly Fishers Sheep Mountain Alliance Colorado continued Florida continued Western Resource Advocates Pelican Island Preservation Society, Pelican Island Wilderness Workshop National Wildlife Refuge RWParkinson Consulting, Inc Connecticut Save the Manatee Club Audubon Connecticut The Snook Foundation Connecticut Forest and Park Association South Florida Audubon Society Highlands Coalition Space Coast Climate Change Initiative New England Chapter of The Wildlife Society St. Lucie Audubon Society Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition St. Marks Refuge Association St. Petersburg Audubon Society Delaware Tampa Audubon Society Delaware Audubon Twirl Images Delaware Chapter of The Nature Conservancy West Volusia Audubon Society Friends of Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge Friends of Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge Georgia Maryland/Delaware Chapter of The Wildlife Society Albany Audubon The Delaware Nature Society Chapter 692, Trout Unlimited Friends of Chickamauga and Chattanooga District of Columbia National Military Park Earth Conservation Corps Friends of the Savannah Coastal Wildlife Friends of Rock Creek's Environment Refuges, Inc. Georgia Council of Trout Unlimited Florida Georgia River Network 1000 Friends of Florida Georgia Wildlife Federation Arthur R. Marshall Foundation, Arthur R. Marshall Okefenokee Wildlife League, Inc., Okefenokee Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge Audubon of Florida Trout Unlimited, Gold Rush Chapter Choctawhatchee Audubon Society Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Ding Darling Wildlife Society, J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge Hawaii Everglades Foundation Conservation Council for Hawai'i FAVOR - Friends and Volunteers of the Florida Keys Friends of Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge Florida Chapter of the Wildlife Society Kilauea Point Natural History Association, Kilauea Florida Renewable Energy Association Point National Wildlife Refuge Florida Wildlife Federation Life Net Nature Four Rivers Audubon Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project Friends of Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge Friends of Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Idaho Refuge, Inc. Idaho Rivers United Friends of Tampa Bay National Wildlife Refuges Northwest Section of the Wildlife Society Friends of the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee Portneuf Valley Audubon Society National Wildlife Refuge Friends of Deer Flat Wildlife Refuge Friends of the Everglades Friends of the Florida Panther Refuge Illinois Friends of the Lower Suwannee and Cedar Keys Alliance for the Great Lakes National Wildlife Refuges Friends of the Upper Mississippi River Refuges Gulf Restoration Network Gary Borger Trout Unlimited Chapter of Martin County Conservation Alliance Northern Illinois Oklawaha Valley Audubon Society Inc. Great Lakes Committee, Izaak Walton League Panhandle Conservation Council of America Illinois continued Maine continued HOMES The Chewonki Foundation Illinois Council of Trout Unlimited The Friends of Rachel Carson National Prairie Rivers Network, Illinois Wildlife Refuge Stewards of the Upper Mississippi River Refuge, Weatherby's Resort Savannah District Wildlife Alliance of Maine

Indiana Maryland Evansville Audubon Society Chesapeake Bay Foundation Friends of Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge Friends of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Indiana Wildlife Federation Friends of Patuxent, Patuxent National Wildlife and Research Refuge Iowa Maryland/Delaware Chapter of The Wildlife Society Friends of Pool 9, Upper Mississippi River National Talbot Rivers Protection Association Fish and Wildlife Refuge Tierra Vista Tours & Consulting Friends of the Prairie Learning Center, Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge Massachusetts Friends of the Upper Mississippi River Refuges Appalachian Mountain Club Iowa Wildlife Federation Arborway Coalition Wagner Conservation Coalition Berkshire Environmental Action Team Environmental League of Massachusetts Kansas Friends of Assabet National Wildlife Refuge Central Mountains and Plains Section of The Friends of Great Falls Discovery Center/ Silvio O. Wildlife Society Conte National Wildlife Refuge Kansas Chapter of The Wildlife Society New England Chapter of The Wildlife Society Northeast Wilderness Trust Kentucky Friends of Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge Michigan Kentucky Chapter of The Wildlife Society Alliance for the Great Lakes Kentucky Resources Council Dwight Lydell Chapter, Izaak Walton League of America Louisiana Fenton Chapter, Izaak Walton League of America Audubon Gulf Coast Initiative Freshwater Future Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana Friends of Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge Friends of Black Bayou National Wildlife Refuge Great Lakes Committee, Izaak Walton League Friends of Louisiana Wildlife Refuges, Inc. of America Friends of Red River National Wildlife Refuge Great Lakes Council of the Federation of Friends of the Southwest Louisiana National Fly Fishers Wildlife Refuges and Wetlands Great Lakes Environmental Law Center Gulf Restoration Network Huron River Watershed Council Jackson Audubon Society Maine Kalamazoo River Sturgeon for Tomorrow Downeast Audubon Mackinac Bands of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Friends of Acadia Michigan Audubon Friends of Maine Seabird Islands, Maine Coastal Michigan Energy Alternatives Project Islands National Wildlife Refuge Michigan Environmental Council Friends of Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife North Country Trail Association Refuge Organization for Bat Conservation Maine Audubon Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council Natural Resources Council of Maine Voices for the Earth Talking Federation Minnesota Montana continued Alliance for Sustainability Keystone Conservation Audubon Minnesota Montana Audubon Bush Lake Chapter, Izaak Walton League Montana Rivers of America Musicians United to Sustain the Environment Fox Lake Conservation League Northwest Section of The Wildlife Society Friends of Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Nebraska Friends of Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge Audubon Nebraska Friends of the Minnesota Valley Central Mountains and Plains Section of The Friends of the Morris Wetland Management District Wildlife Society Friends of the Upper Mississippi River Refuges Columbus Platte County Izaak Walton League Friends of Windom Wetland Management District of America Great Lakes Committee, Izaak Walton League Nebraska Birding Trails of America Nebraska Chapter of The Wildlife Society Izaak Walton League of America, Nebraska Rural Living Minnesota Division Nebraska Wildlife Federation Minnesota Chapter of The Wildlife Society Western Nebraska Resources Council (WNRC) Minnesota Conservation Federation Wild Bird Habitat Store Refuge Friends Inc, Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Nevada St. Cloud Area Green Party Nevada Wildlife Federation Taramac Interpretive Association, Tamarac Western Resource Advocates National Wildlife Refuge Voyageurs National Park Association New Hampshire Friends of Pondicherry, Silvio O. Conte National Mississippi Fish and Wildlife Refuge Friends of Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge New England Chapter of The Wildlife Society Friends of St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Northern Forest Alliance Refuge Student Conservation Association Gulf Restoration Network Mississippi Chapter of The Wildlife Society New Jersey Oktibbeha Audubon Society Audubon New Jersey Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey Missouri Delaware River Greenway Partnership Audubon Missouri Friends of Cape May National Wildlife Refuge Friends of Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge Friends of Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge LaBarque Watershed Stream Team Association Friends of Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Missouri Smallmouth Alliance Friends of Supawna Meadows National Missouri Stream Team 2991 Wildlife Refuge Missouri Votes Conservation Friends of Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge Ozark Fly Fishers Great Egg Harbor Watershed Association St. Louis Audubon Society Highlands Coalition The Green Center Monmouth County Audubon The Open Space Council for the St. Louis Region New Jersey Chapter of The Wildlife Society New Jersey State Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs Montana Clark Fork Coalition Five Valleys Audubon Friends of the Missouri Breaks Monument Hellgate Hunters and Anglers New Mexico Albuquerque Wildlife Federation New York continued Amigos Bravos Scenic Hudson Amigos de la Sevilleta, Sevilleta National Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester Wildlife Refuge Animal Protection of New Mexico North Carolina Animal Protection Voters Audubon North Carolina Audubon New Mexico Audubon Society of Forsyth County Central New Mexico Audubon Society Cape Fear Audubon Society Climate Change Conservation Corps Cape Fear Friends of Wildlife Eldorado Energy Cooperative Cape Fear Garden Club Friends of Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society Friends of the Bosque del Apache National Habitat and Wildlife Keepers Wildlife Refuge Highlands Plateau Audubon Society Gila Resources Information Project Jackson-Macon Conservation Alliance Mesilla Valley Audubon Johnston Co. Wildlife Association New Mexico Audubon Council Ladies in the Stream New Mexico Chapter of The Wildlife Society North Carolina Chapter of The Wildlife Society New Mexico Wildlife Federation North Carolina Coastal Federation Partnership for Earth Spirituality North Carolina Trout Unlimited State Council River Source, Inc. North Carolina Wildlife Federation Sangre de Cristo Audubon North Carolina Wildlife Federation, Central Chapter Southwest Environmental Center North Carolina Wildlife Federation, Mountain Steve Vrooman Restoration Ecology Island Chapter The Wildlife Center Organization for Wildlife and Land Stewardship WildEarth Guardians PACT in the High Country Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition New York Wild South Audubon New York Wrightsville Beach Sea Turtle Project Audubon Society of the Capital Region Central New York Chapter, Izaak Walton League North Dakota of America Audubon Dakota Citizens Campaign for the Environment Badlands Conservation Alliance Cortland Chapter, Izaak Walton League of America Central Mountains and Plains Section of The Environmental Advocates of New York Wildlife Society Four Harbors Audubon Society North Dakota Natural Resource Trust Friends of Iriquois National Wildlife Refuge North Dakota Wildlife Federation Friends of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge Ohio Friends of Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge Alliance for the Great Lakes Genesee Valley Audubon Society Audubon Miami Valley Great South Bay Audubon Society Audubon Society of Ohio Highlands Coalition Canton Audubon Society Hudson Highlands Land Trust Delta Chapter, Izaak Walton League of America Huntington Audubon Society Firelands Audubon Society New Hope Audubon Society Great Lakes Committee, Izaak Walton League New York Chapter of The Wildlife Society of America New York State Trappers Association Greater Mohican Audubon Society North Fork Audubon Society Lake Erie Islands Chapter-Black Northern Catskills Audubon Society Swamp Conservancy Oblong Land Conservation League of Ohio Sportsmen

Ohio continued Pennsylvania continued Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District Izaak Walton League of America, Harry Ohio Bass Federation Enstrom Chapter Ohio Division, Izaak Walton League of America Izaak Walton League of America, John Ohio Game Fishing, LLC Harris Chapter Respect the Snake Izaak Walton League of America, Lancaster Red Scioto Valley Bird and Nature Club Rose Chapter Western Lake Erie WATERKEEPER® Association Izaak Walton League of America, Lebanon Zoology Club at Ohio State University County Chapter Izaak Walton League of America, Oil City Chapter Oklahoma Izaak Walton League of America, Pennsylvania Payne County Audubon Society Division Izaak Walton League of America, Uniontown Oregon Chapter Association of Northwest Steelheaders Izaak Walton League of America, York Central Oregon Audubon Society County Chapter Friends of Haystack Rock, Oregon Islands National Juniata Valley Audubon Wildlife Refuge Lake Erie-Allegheny Earth Force Friends of Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge Lake Erie Region Conservancy Kalmiopsis Audubon Society Lehigh Valley Audubon Society Malheur Wildlife Associates, Malheur National Monroe County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs Wildlife Refuge PennFuture Mary's Peak Chapter, Izaak Walton League Penns Creek Guides of America Pennsylvania Chapter of The Wildlife Society Native Fish Society Pennsylvania Interfaith Climate Change Campaign Northwest Guides and Anglers Association Pike County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs Northwest Section of The Wildlife Society The Friends of Valley Forge Park Oregon Division, Izaak Walton League of America Tom Balz Fly Fishing Oregon Natural Desert Association Trout Unlimited, Arrowhead Chapter Rogue Valley Audubon Society Trout Unlimited, Chestnut Ridge Chapter Silverton Chapter, Izaak Walton League of America Watershed Alliance of Adams County Western Environmental Law Center Puerto Rico Pennsylvania TICATOVE, Inc. Vieques National Wildlife Refuge Allegheny Plateau Audubon Society Audubon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Delaware River Greenway Partnership Environment Council of Rhode Island Friends of Heinz Refuge at Tinicum Friends of the National Wildlife Refuges of Highlands Coalition Rhode Island Izaak Walton League of America, Berks New England Chapter of The Wildlife Society County Chapter Primate Conservation, Inc. Izaak Walton League of America, Brownsville Area Chapter South Carolina Izaak Walton League of America, Cumberland Audubon South Carolina Valley Chapter Hilton Head Audubon Society Izaak Walton League of America, Fairmount Kitchen Table Climate Study Group Springs Chapter South Carolina Nature-Based Tourism Association Izaak Walton League of America, Franklin South Carolina Wildlife Federation County Chapter

South Dakota Texas continued Central Mountains and Plains Section of The Wray-Todd Ranch, LLC Wildlife Society South Dakota Izaak Walton League Utah South Dakota Wildlife Federation Central Mountains and Plains Section of The The Friends of Maga Ta-Hopi Waterfowl Wildlife Society Production Area Great Salt Lake Audubon Red Rock Forests Tennessee Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance Friends of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Wasatch Audubon Military Park Western Resource Advocates Friends of Tennessee National Wildlife Refuges Western Wildlife Conservancy Go Green Tullahoma Kilowatt Ours Vermont Middle Nolichucky Watershed Alliance New England Chapter of The Wildlife Society Richland Creek Watershed Alliance Vermont Natural Resources Council River Ridge EE Program Tennessee Clean Water Network Virginia Tennessee Environmental Council Audubon Society of Northern Virginia Tennessee Interfaith Power and Light Back Bay Restoration Foundation Tennessee Ornithological Society BYM Unity With Nature Committee Tennessee Parks and Greenways Foundation Forrlace, Inc. The Conservancy for the Parthenon FRIENDS of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Inc. The Land Trust for the Little Tennessee Friends of the Potomac River Refuges Great Dismal Swamp Coalition, Great Dismal Texas Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Audubon Texas Northern Neck of Virginia Audubon Society Big Thicket Association Rappahannock Wildlife Refuge Friends Group Caddo Lake Institute, Inc. Richmond Audubon Society Central Texas Audubon Society Virginia Chapter of The Wildlife Society Chihuahuan Desert Open Space Committee Virginia Conservation Network Fort Worth Audubon Society Virginia Native Plant Society Friends of Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Friends of Aransas and Matagorda Island National Virgin Islands Wildlife Refuge Environmental Association of St. Thomas/St. John Friends of Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge Virgin Islands Conservation Society Friends of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge Friends of the Trinity River National Washington Wildlife Refuge Columbia Gorge Refuge Stewards Friends of the Trinity Strand Trail Friends of Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Galveston Bay Foundation Friends of the Little Pend Oreille National Houston Audubon Wildlife Refuge Primitive Living Skills of Texas Friends of the Mid-Columbia River Wildlife Refuges SCENIC GALVESTON, Inc. Friends of the Reach, Hanford Reach National Sensible Management of Aquatic Resources Team Monument/Saddle Mountain National (SMART) Wildlife Refuge SWT Cattle, LLC Friends of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Texas Black Bass Unlimited North Central Washington Audubon Society Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society Northwest Section of The Wildlife Society Texas Conservation Alliance People for Puget Sound Travis Audubon RE Sources for Sustainable Communities Washington continued West Virginia Restoring Eden Friends of the 500th, Canaan Valley National Spokane Riverkeeper Wildlife Refuges The Lands Council Mon Valley Ladies Chapter, Izaak Walton League Washington Council of Trout Unlimited of America Washington Wildlife Federation West Virginia Division, Izaak Walton League Washington's National Park Fund of America

Wisconsin Wyoming Alliance for the Great Lakes Audubon Wyoming Brown County Chapter, Izaak Walton League Biodiversity Conservation Alliance of America Central Mountains and Plains Section of The Friends of Necedah National Wildlife Refuge Wildlife Society Friends of the Upper Mississippi River Refuges Meadowlark Audubon Society Great Lakes Committee, Izaak Walton League of America Madison Audubon Society Midwest Environmental Advocates Mississippi River Wild, Upper Mississippi National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Religious Coalition for the Great Lakes Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi Wisconsin Audubon Council Wisconsin Metro Audubon Society Wisconsin Wildlife Federation