{"id":1011,"date":"2017-05-24T18:44:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T18:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2017-05-24T18:44:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T18:44:16","slug":"white-house-budget-fy-2018-shortchanges-natural-resources-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/bow\/white-house-budget-fy-2018-shortchanges-natural-resources-values\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Budget FY 2018 shortchanges natural resources values"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The White House budget for FY 2018 shortchanges natural resources values. <\/p>\n

Here is the statement from NWF:<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON D.C. (May 23, 2017) – Today, the White House released its full budget for<\/p>\n

the 2018 fiscal year. Some of the largest cuts are proposed for programs that
\nrestore America’s natural resources, protect public health, and revitalize rural
\nAmerica. The proposed budget includes deep cuts to the Environmental Protection
\nAgency, Department of Interior, Department of Agriculture, and National Oceanic and
\nAtmospheric Administration, and the reduction or elimination of key collaborative
\nconservation programs.<\/p>\n

Collin
\nO’Mara,
\npresident and chief executive officer of the National Wildlife Federation, released
\nthe following statement:
\n“If you want to see someone’s values, look at their budget – and this budget shows
\nthat America’s air and waters, wildlife, rural communities, and the outdoor economy
\nare simply not priorities for the administration.
\n“All Americans deserve clean water that is drinkable, swimmable, and fishable –
\nregardless of their zip code. The drastic cuts or eliminations of programs
\nsupporting the restoration of the Gulf of Mexico, Great Lakes, Everglades,
\nChesapeake, Puget Sound, Colorado, and Sacramento, if adopted, would make it
\nimpossible for the president to fulfill his campaign pledge of ‘crystal clear
\nwater.’ These budget cuts put the health of all Americans who depend upon clean
\nwater at risk.
\n“The proposed cuts to the Department of Interior and the Department of Agriculture
\nundermine the President’s campaign commitments to America’s hunters and anglers and
\nwould harm America’s $887 billion outdoor economy. The cuts would reduce access and
\nallow further degradation of America’s public lands and leave behind rural
\ncommunities across our nation. Most troubling are the deep cuts to collaborative,
\nbipartisan programs that help recover wildlife populations through non-regulatory
\napproaches, including USDA conservation programs, the Land and Water Conservation
\nFund, and other collaborative recovery programs.
\n“The most draconian cuts are targeted at the EPA – the agency that protects public
\nhealth and air and water quality. It’s one thing to disagree with various regulatory
\napproaches, it’s a dereliction of duty to remove the funding that is necessary to
\nprotect Americans from toxic air and water pollution, hazardous waste, and unsafe
\nchemicals. America’s public health will suffer if the EPA is not able to do its job.
\n “Now that the administration has released its proposed budget, we call upon
\nbipartisan champions from both parties to reject this budget and speak up for
\nAmerica’s natural resources, our public health, rural communities, and the growing
\noutdoor economy. Communities across our nation need Congress to invest in America’s
\nnatural resources and support the hundreds of millions of Americans and the growing
\noutdoor economy that depend upon them.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The White House budget for FY 2018 shortchanges natural resources values. Here is the statement from NWF: WASHINGTON D.C. (May 23, 2017) – Today, the White House released its full budget for the 2018 fiscal year. Some of the largest cuts are proposed for programs that restore America’s natural resources, protect public health, and revitalize …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"anons"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/bow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/bow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/bow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/bow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/bow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/bow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/bow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/bow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/bow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}