{"id":25636,"date":"2016-03-30T16:08:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T20:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanhiking.org\/?p=25636"},"modified":"2021-08-06T12:08:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T16:08:20","slug":"house-trails-caucus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanhiking.org\/house-trails-caucus\/","title":{"rendered":"House Trails Caucus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mission\u00a0of the bipartisan House Trails Caucus is to provide a forum for interested Members of Congress to work together\u00a0for the creation and conservation of our natural landscape and recreation activities through the preservation of trails. They do this through such things as hosting briefings and informational events as well as by being a forum for information sharing between Members, staff, and stakeholders about relevant policies, as well as information about recreational hiking, bicycling, and other trail activities in a Member&#8217;s community.<\/p>\n<p>The Caucus&#8217;s co-chairs are:<\/p>\n<p>Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-03)<br \/>\nJeff Fortenberry (R-NE-01)<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-small wp-image-25638 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/americanhiking.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dv1984019-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Two Young Women Relaxing From Hiking and Looking at the View Over Treetops\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/>Other members of the Caucus include:<\/p>\n<p>Julia Brownley (D-CA-26)<br \/>\nSalud Carbajal (D-CA-24)<br \/>\nPeter DeFazio (D-OR-4)<br \/>\nSuzan DelBene (D-WA-1)<br \/>\nMike Doyle (D-PA-14)<br \/>\nTom Graves (R-GA-14)<br \/>\nFrench\u00a0 Hill (R-AR-2)<br \/>\nJared Huffman (D-CA-2)<br \/>\nJohn Larson (D-CT-1)<br \/>\nZoe Lofgren (D-CA-19)<br \/>\nAlan Lowenthal (D-CA-47)<br \/>\nBen Ray Lujan (D-NM-3)<br \/>\nBetty McCollum (D-MN-4)<br \/>\nJames P. McGovern (D-MA-2)<br \/>\nJimmy \u00a0Panetta (D-CA-20)<br \/>\nTim Ryan (D-OH-13)<br \/>\nMike Simpson (R-ID-2)<br \/>\nMike Thompson (D-CA-5)<br \/>\nFred Upton (R-MI-6)<br \/>\nDebbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-23)<\/p>\n<p>See\u00a0your Representative&#8217;s name listed there? Be sure to thank them and let them know that trails and hiking are important to you! (If you don&#8217;t know who your Representative is, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.gov\/representatives\/find\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">find out here<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.)<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t see your Representative&#8217;s name listed? Why not ask them to join the Caucus? It&#8217;s easy and your Representative really does enjoy hearing from you. Send them an e-mail (you can include this\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/americanhiking.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dear-Colleague-116.pdf\">Dear Colleague Letter\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>), tell them trails are important to you, and ask them to kindly join the Trails Caucus.<\/p>\n<p>You can find your Representative&#8217;s contact info at this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.gov\/representatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House of Representatives webpage<\/a><\/strong><\/span> by just clicking on his or her name. Be sure to let them know they can join by contacting Kevin Stockert in Rep. Blumenauer&#8217;s office at x(5-4811) or Alan Feyerherm in Rep. Fortenberry&#8217;s office at x(5-4806). 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