Vet Voice Foundation Urges New Congress to Pass Permanent LWCF Authorization
As the new Congress convenes, in Washington, today, the Vet Voice Foundation is urging the legislative branch to consider permanent reauthorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). Garett Reppenhagen, Rocky Mountain...
VVF Statement on Congress Failure to Reauthorize and Fund LWCF
Today, the Republican-controlled Congress broke their promise to veterans by failing to permanently reauthorize and fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund, America’s most successful conservation and outdoor recrea...
STATEMENT OF THE VET VOICE FOUNDATION, ON RESIGNATION OF RYAN ZINKE
Washington, DC — Garett Reppenhagen, Rocky Mountain Director for the Vet Voice Foundation, released the following statement about the resignation of Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke: “Ryan Zinke has done irreparable harm to ...
Vet Voice Foundation Praises Senator Kamala Harris on New Bills to Protect California Public Lands
Washington, D.C. – The nonprofit Vet Voice Foundation today praised Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) for introducing two bills, the San Gabriel Mountains, Foothills, and Rivers Protection Act and the Northwest California Wilderness, Re...
Vet Voice Foundation, with University of California, Irvine Environmental Law Clinic, Submits Comment Letter on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Kanab-Escalante Planning Area
Washington, DC – The Vet Voice Foundation (VVF), in partnership with the University of California, Irvine Environmental Law Clinic, is submitting a comment letter to the Bureau of Land Management, Kanab Field Office, in response to...
Vet Voice Foundation, with University of California, Irvine Environmental Law Clinic, Submits Comment Letter on Bears Ears
Washington, DC – The Vet Voice Foundation (VVF), in partnership with the University of California, Irvine Environmental Law Clinic, is submitting a comment letter to the Bureau of Land Management, Canyon Country District Office, in...
CA Groups Letter to US Senators and Leader Pelosi on LWCF
November 13, 2018 The Honorable Dianne FeinsteinUnited States SenateWashington, DC 20510 The Honorable Kamala HarrisUnited States SenateWashington, DC 20510 House Minority Leader Nancy PelosiUnited States House of RepresentativesWashingt...
Vet Voice Cranks Up the Heat on Lame Duck Congress to Save LWCF Following Veterans Day
Organization Sends Vets to Capitol Hill, Sponsors WaPo Wrap & Mobile Billboard (Washington, DC) – Today, veterans from across the nation are descending on Capitol Hill to call out congressional leadership for breaking thei...
Vet Voice Runs Full-Page Ad to Zinke, in Boston Globe
BOSTON, MA – As Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke arrives in Boston, a major veterans group is running a full page ad in the Boston Globe, urging him to show leadership on the now-expired Land and Water Conservation Fund. The ...
VET VOICE FOUNDATION SLAMS LACK OF LEADERSHIP IN TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, AS LWCF EXPIRES
Washington, DC - Today, the Land and Water Conservation Fund has expired, due to Congressional inaction to reauthorize the program, despite a bipartisan agreement in a key House committee to do so. The LWCF helps fund protect...