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Missouri has plenty to see -- warblers and ducks in flight, bald eagles, bobcats and buntings, wake robin trilliums, purple orchids and dogwood, savannas, wetlands, parks, forests, greenways, and 57,000 miles of waterways, including the famed Missouri River, once a highway for Lewis and Clark.

Missouri is a beautiful state, filled with natural treasures of all sorts. Federal and state laws passed since the 1970s have done a lot to clean up our waterways and keep them clean. Missouri's lakes, rivers and streams offer outdoor recreation to fishermen, canoeists and swimmers, not to mention the herons, egrets and kingfishers that we happily share them with. The Mark Twain National Forest is a haven for boating, hiking, fishing, hunting, and outstanding opportunities for catching a glimpse of Misssouri wildlife, including songbirds, butterflies, deer, and wild turkies.

We enjoy a tremendous variety of parks and wildlife refuges, which Missouri REP members hope to see increased with the planned expansion to 60,000 acres of the Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, whose individual units stretch across the state from St. Louis to Kansas City.

Yet, like most of America, Missouri is also a state with serious environmental problems. Prime farmland, native landscapes, and wildlife habitat are threatened with sprawling development around the state's urban centers.

The Missouri members of Republicans for Environmental Protection are dedicated to preserving our natural heritage and our party's proud conservationist tradition. If you're a like-minded Republican and would like to help us "green up" the GOP, we hope you'll sign up with REP today.

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