MCV Action Alert: Support a $2.3 Million Increase in DCR’s Operations Account (Line Item: 2810-0100)
The time to act is now for our parks and forests!
The Budget Conference Committee members are meeting on the FY21 budget. Now is the time to advocate for the House version of the budget, which included a $2.3 million increase in DCR’s operations account (Line Item 2810-0100).
The members of the Conference Committee are:
- Representative Aaron Michlewitz, Chair, House Ways and Means Committee (Phone: 617-722-2990)
- Representative Denise Garlick, Vice Chair, House Ways and Means Committee (Phone: 617-722-2380)
- Representative Todd Smola, ranking Republican member of the House Ways and Means Committee (Phone: 617-722-2100)
- Senator Michael Rodrigues, Chair, Senate Ways and Means Committee (Phone: 617-722-1114)
- Senator Cindy Friedman, Vice-Chair, Senate Ways and Means Committee (Phone: 617-722-1432)
- Senator Patrick O’Connor, ranking Republican member of the Senate Ways and Means Committee (Phone: 617-722-1646)
Take action: call the Conference Committee members using the numbers above today, don’t wait! Ask members to support the House figure of $50.4 million for line item 2810-0100.
And then, find your legislators here, and contact your representative and senator and request that they also urge the Conference Committee to support a $2.3 million increase in the DCR operations budget.
Since March, DCR has responded to the pandemic by keeping our parks and forests open and accessible to all. DCR facilities are critical to our physical and mental health. Please call today and support DCR’s continued efforts to keep their facilities safe and open to all during the coming months.
Remember, the park you save may be your own.