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The email is about a trip to Washington DC to meet with Trump Administration officials and House Committee on Natural Resources staff, as well as a trip to Utah to work on the Protect Wild Utah campaign. The email also mentions meetings with Secretary of the Interior's staff regarding the canceling of a groundbreaking mountain lion research project in the Santa Monica Mtns, new uranium mine proposal in Lake Casitas Watershed, new logging in Los Padres NF and increase in oil drilling next to Sespe Condor Sanctuary. The email also mentions that the President and Secretary of the Interior have signed orders to allow new bids for new oil and gas drilling platforms in federal waters of the Santa Barbara Channel WITHOUT environmental review or public participation...first lease sale will be this Spring. The email also mentions that next month The President will sign executive orders downsizing or eliminating a number of national monuments across the west including the Carrizo Plain NM in eastern San Luis Obispo county. The email also mentions that the two national marine sanctuaries offshore of California';s Central coast, Channel Islands NMS and Chumash heritage NMS will receive zero funds in the coming fiscal year. The email also mentions that proposed elimination of urban national parks such as the Santa Monica Mtns National Recreation Area was discussed with the Acting Director of the National Park Service. The email also mentions that there are lots of upcoming plans to close various national parks, national monuments, national forest and national wildlife refuges across the west. The email ends with a call to action to organize, engage, stand up and speak out, and to let those in power know that people across our nation are not going to accept the Trump/Musk vision for our national public lands and waters stand.

Hashtags:

• #ProtectWildUtah

• #SantaMonicaMountains

• #MountainLionResearch

• #LakeCasitasWatershed

• #LosPadresNF

• #SespeCondorSanctuary

• #SantaBarbaraChannel

• #CarrizoPlainNM

• #ChannelIslandsNMS

• #ChumashHeritageNMS

• #SantaMonicaMtnsNRA

• #NationalParks

• #NationalMonuments

• #NationalForests

• #NationalWildlifeRefuges

• #PublicLands

• #EnvironmentalReview

• #PublicParticipation

• #OilDrilling

• #UraniumMining

• #Logging

• #Conservation

• #TrumpAdministration

• #Musk

Summary of Like Topics:

• Threats to Public Lands: This includes the downsizing or elimination of national monuments, new oil and gas drilling in federal waters, the proposed elimination of urban national parks, and plans to close various national parks, national monuments, national forests, and national wildlife refuges.

• Environmental Concerns: This includes the canceling of a mountain lion research project, a new uranium mine proposal, new logging in Los Padres National Forest, increased oil drilling next to Sespe Condor Sanctuary, and the lack of environmental review and public participation in new oil and gas drilling projects.

• Specific Locations: This includes the Santa Monica Mountains, Lake Casitas Watershed, Los Padres National Forest, Sespe Condor Sanctuary, Santa Barbara Channel, Carrizo Plain National Monument, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, and Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

• Political Aspects: This includes the Trump Administration's policies on public lands and the environment, as well as the involvement of Elon Musk (presumably in relation to the new oil and gas drilling projects).

• Calls to Action: This includes the call to organize, engage, stand up, and speak out against the Trump/Musk vision for public lands and waters.