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Majorities of Republicans and Democrats – 300 Cosponsors – Urge House Passage of Conservation Tax Incentive
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressmen Jim Gerlach (R-PA) and Mike Thompson (D-CA) announced today that 300 representatives have co-sponsored their bill to conserve America’s forests, agricultural lands and open spaces – more than any other tax bill. H.R. 1964 makes permanent a recently-expired tax incentive that allows modest-income landowners to receive significant tax deductions for donating conservation easements that permanently protect important natural or historic resources on their lands. For more....
State Sovereignty and Public Lands_AZ - Public Lands Foundation
Letter to Arizona Legislators - State Sovereignty and Public Land
The Public Lands Foundation (PLF) opposes HCR 2004, HCM 2002 and HCM 2003; Reference Titles: State Sovereignty; Federal Lands, Devolution to Arizona; and BLM Lands, Transfer to State; respectively, as these bills are ill-conceived, will create numerous fiscal and administrative problems for the state, and are unwanted by the American public. For more ... |
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The 50th Legislature's First Regular Session has ended so we'll provide the final news on the issues below. We'll continue to watch for special sessions and other legislator news -
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. Good news - Amanda Reeve (one of our two State Representative for our area) came to our Earth Day Event to show support and see what there was to learn.
This is broken into sections: 2011 Legislative Enviromental Scorecard, General Issues, State Park Issues
I'M SENSING A PATTERN HERE...
Yellow Sheet Report July 8, 2011 Page 4 © By Arizona Capitol Reports Llc Unless Otherwise Credited
Given lawmakers' ideological moorings, environmentalists didn't expect friendly results from this year's session, but for some, the Legislature's record on bills dealing with the environment exceeded their worst expectations. "We have not seen, in recent memory, an Arizona Legislature with such a poor conservation record" said Steve Arnquist, executive director of the Arizona League of Conservation Voters, which today released its annual environmental scorecard. The group culled and evaluated legislators' votes on 21 measures ranging from water and land conservation to state parks to species protection to air quality and budget issues. This year, the House's grade is 39 percent while the Senate's is 33 percent — neither of which is remotely near a passing mark. The group's litany of lamentations is long...for more CLICK HERE.
General issues
- State Trust Land
The management tools need to be reformed. Some land (such as Daisy Mountain) needs to be set aside as a preserve. Arizona State Land Department needs better tools to manage the land - See Explanation.
State Parks Issues
- Check out Arizona State Park Privatization and Efficiency Plan also - it is to craft a reasonable, realistic, and tactical approach for the state park system to maintain its viability while attending to the financial needs of the State and the political issue of appropriately sized government. The next step is the creation of task force or commission by the Governor to direct the process. Link here to download the full study.
- From the State Parks Foundation: For a full explanation of the damaging impacts of Senate Bill 1612 and Senate Bill 1624 (both signed and signed by the governor) , link here.
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