May 15, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear ESA Member:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Today by 5pm, call your Congressperson in the House of Representatives or send a short email asking them to request robust funding for federal science agencies.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Why today by 5pm?<\/strong> Each Congressperson submits a formal request due Friday, May 16, to the House Appropriations Committee to request funding amounts for agencies and programs important to them, their constituents (you) and their district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ESA urges you to WRITE a short message or CALL their DC Capitol Hill office with a short request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am a constituent and ask that Representative [NAME] request $9.9 billion in the FY26 federal budget for the National Science Foundation. My research at the University [NAME] is directly funded by NSF and we employ [X] students with those funds, allowing these students to pursue science degrees for future jobs in STEM. Thank you for including NSF in the Congressperson\u2019s request to the House Appropriations Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am a constituent and ask that Representative [NAME] request full FY 26 funding for the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area at FY 25 funding levels. I am greatly concerned that the President\u2019s budget request would zero out this important program. Our District [INSERT the importance of EMA to the District or an issue the Congressperson cares about]. Thank you for including the USGS Ecosystems Mission area in the Congressperson\u2019s request to the House Appropriations Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n (Visit the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area site<\/a> to identify interests and include them in the email or call.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am a constituent and ask that Representative [NAME] request full FY 26 funding for the EPA Office of Research and Development at FY 25 funding levels. I am greatly concerned that the President\u2019s budget request would cut this important program. Our District [INSERT the importance of the EPA to the District or an issue the Congressperson cares about]. Thank you for including EPA in the Congressperson\u2019s request to the House Appropriations Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n (Visit the EPA Office of Science site<\/a> to identify interests and include them in the email or call.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am a constituent and ask that Representative [NAME] request full FY 26 funding for the US Forest Service Office of Forest and Rangeland Research at FY 25 funding levels. I am greatly concerned that the President\u2019s budget request would cut this important program. Our District [INSERT the importance of the program to the District or an issue the Congressperson cares about]. Thank you for including the Forest Service\u2019s Office of Forest and Rangeland Research in the Congressperson\u2019s request to the House Appropriations Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n (Visit the US Forest Service site<\/a> to identify interests and include them in the email or call.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am a constituent and ask that Congressperson [NAME] <\/strong>request full FY 26 funding for the [Agency of Program]<\/strong> at FY 25 funding levels. I am greatly concerned that the President\u2019s budget request would cut this important program. Our District [INSERT the importance of the AGENCY or program to the district or an issue the Congressperson cares about]<\/strong>. Thank you for including [AGENCY]<\/strong> in the Congressperson\u2019s request to the House Appropriations Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n We thank you for contacting federal and state lawmakers to ensure that FY26 appropriation bills restore funding for scientific research \u2015 especially for ecological research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contact Director of Public Affairs Alison Mize<\/a> with questions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks for your consideration,<\/p>\n\n\n\n ESA Public Affairs Office<\/p>\n\n\n\n Call your Congressperson in the House of Representatives or send a short email asking them to request robust funding for federal science agencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":16801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1941,10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-policy-positions","category-ecology-in-policy","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20713"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20737,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20713\/revisions\/20737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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