State Environmental Bond Rally April 9 in Boston

As announced by the Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition in its special edition E-news of March 24, 2008, an Environmental Bond Rally & Lobby Day in support of a $750 million state environmental bond bill is scheduled for Wednesday, April 9, 2008, in Boston.

The rally for environmental organizations will take place at the Appalachian Mountain Club, 5 Joy Street, and lobbying with state legislators will take place at the Massachusetts State House. For more details about the event and highlights of “The Most Important Environmental Bill of the Next Five Years,” see Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition’s E-News.

For Environmental Bond bill FAQ’s, the text of the bill, news, and a list of endorsers, see the website of the Coalition for the Environmental Bond. More than 250 nonprofit organizations and public entities have endorsed the bill, including:

•  Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition, Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts, Brewster Conservation Trust, Dennis Conservation Trust, Nantucket Land Council, Orenda Wildlife Land Trust, Sconset Trust, Tuckernuck Land Trust, Wellfleet Conservation Trust, Wildlands Trust of Southeastern Massachusetts, The Trustees of Reservations, The Nature Conservancy, Trust for Public Land

•  Coalition for Buzzards Bay, Friends of Pleasant Bay, Three Bays Preservation

•  Association for the Preservation of Cape Cod, Massachusetts Audubon Society

•  Chatham Conservation Commission, Edgartown Conservation Commission, Falmouth Conservation Commission, Sandwich Conservation Commission