The new no-fee bill introduced in the US Senate last December, S.2438, needs more cosponsors to help it move promptly through the Senate.

Your calls to Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein will
demonstrate that citizens of California support an end to fee programs such as Southern California's "Adventure Pass," for access to large parts of our four National Forests. (Contact info for all Senators is listed below.)

BACKGROUND:
S. 2438, the Fee Repeal and Expanded Access Act (the FREA Act), will terminate access fees for all lands administered by the US Forest Service, BLM, US Fish & Wildlife Service and Bureau of Reclamation. (These fees began in 1996 with the Fee Demo program and were extended in 2004 by the current fee legislation, which was attached as a rider to a must-pass appropriations bill.)

For National Parks, S.2438 will require Congressional approval of entry fee increases, and terminate second layer fees such as those for backcountry access and interpretive programs in National Parks. The new $80 America the Beautiful Pass will be scrapped, and replaced by the former $50 National Parks Pass.

WHO TO CALL IN DC (Senators in CA)

Senator Barbara Boxer
(202) 224-3553

Senator Dianne Feinstein
(202) 224-3841

Please make calls through the month of March.

Can you ask family and friends also to make these brief calls? This no-fee campaign is entirely a grassroots effort - no nationwide organization is sending out a mass mailing on this. The success of S.2438 depends on all of us.


WHAT TO SAY
When somebody answers the phone at the Senator's office, simply leave a message asking the Senator please to cosponsor S.2438. Leave your name and the city or county you live in.

You may also add a brief reason why the Senator should support S.2438, but it's not necessary to go into much detail.



SENATORS IN OTHER STATES

For those in Oregon or Washington, here are the Senators' name and phone numbers:

OREGON - Senator Gordon Smith - (202) 224-3753

Senator Ron Wyden - (202) 224-5244


WASHINGTON - Senator Patty Murray - (202) 224-2621

Senator Maria Cantwell - (202) 224-3441


If you live in another state than CA, OR, or WA, please check out www.senate.gov for a list of Senators and their DC phone numbers.

Mike

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