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Wild Species: Biodiversity and...
Making a Difference
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One of the greatest freedoms of citizens in a democratic society is the right to petition our government officials on matters of our concern. The quality of the environment, for ourselves and for future generations, should be of concern to all of us. Below are several links that will allow you to communicate your concerns to federal, state, and local officials. Also given below are links that will help you to become more informed about our government and our government officials. - Congress.Org
- This site allows internet users to access a complete and reliable directory of information about the members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. The Congressional directory page allows you to search alphabetically, by state, or by Congressional committee. You can zip code search for your Congressional representatives and send an e-mail message directly from the Web page. The pages also contain helpful information on the legislative process and Congressional staff and tips on composing an e-mail message to Congress.
- Contacting the Congress
- Contacting the Congress is a listing of phone numbers, FAX numbers, electronic mail addresses and WWW/gopher homepages for members of the Congress.
- eactivist.org
- This site allows you to e-mail your federal representatives. It also provides links that will lead you to representatives in your state government.
- The Federal Web Locator
- The Federal Web Locator is a service provided by the Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy and is intended to be the one stop shopping point for federal government information on the World Wide Web.
- Government Resources on the Web
- This is a very comprehensive and well organized site provided by the library of the University of Michigan. Links to federal, state, and foreign governments are provided, as well as access to a large number of documents.
- League of Conservation Voters
- The LCV is the nonpartisan political arm of the environmental movement. Their Web pages have a variety of information and tools related to U.S. politics and the environment.
- Legislative Information on the Internet
- This server maintained by the Library of Congress is one of the most extensive and useful of Federal government Websites.
- Mr. Smith E-Mails Washington
- Let lawmakers know what is on your mind by sending e-mail to members of the United States Senate, House of Representatives as well as the President and Vice President.
- The President's Cabinet
- This page provides links to the various Secretaries of the Cabinet and their Executive Branch agencies.
- Project Vote Smart
- Through a citizens' tool kit of free services, programs and materials, this national non-partisan, non-profit effort researches, tracks and provides to the public independent factual information on over 13,000 candidates and elected officials. The site has other features including an introduction to how the federal government works and links to federal and state government officials and agencies.
- State and Local Governments
- This is an extensive and well organized page of links provided by the Library of Congress.
- State and Local Government on the Net
- This is an extensive and well organized page that provides links to state and local government officials and agencies.
- The United States House of Representatives
- The official Web page of the U.S. House of Representatives has lots to see and learn, and of course, provides e-mail links to Representatives.
- The United States Senate
- The official Web page of the U.S. Senate has lots to see and learn, and of course, provides e-mail links to Senators.
- U.S. Founding Documents
- This page contains scanned, digitized images of the original Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence. You can also do a key word search of the Constitution.
- Write Your Representative
- Recently, the House of Representatives has set up a WWW page called "Write Your Representative" which allows you to mail even those members without a public e-mail address, however you must be a constituent of a given Representative to write them.
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