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✮✯✰✱✯✲✰✴❨✵ ✷✸✹❨ ✺✺✵ ✻✼✺✽ ✾✿❀ ❁❂❃❀❄❅❀❄ ●✪✫✬✮ ✫✯✰✮❖✱✰✳✴ ❇✳✷✫✱ ✸✰✮❨ ✻✫✱✳✴✯ ❚ ✁ ✂✁✄☎ ☎✆✝✁ ☎✞ ✟✁✠✡☛✁ ☎ ✁ ✟✆✄☞ ✞✌ ✍ ✂✆✎ ✏✆✑✠✒✟✁ ✆✓ ✔✍☞✁✟ ❈✆☎✕✖✄ ✏✍☎✁✟✄ ✁✠ ✏✍✄ ❛✟✞✂✍✂✑✕ ✄✁✗✁✟✍✑ ✠✁☛✍✠✁✄ ✍✎✞✳ ❲ ✆☛ ✆✄ ✓✞☎ ☎✞ ✄✍✕ ✆☎✖✄ ☎✞✞ ✑✍☎✁✳ ❉✁✄❛✆☎✁ ☎ ✁ ✘✞✟✁✄☎ ♦✁✟✗✆☛✁✖✄ ✍✓✠✄s✞✌✌ ✍❛❛✟✞✍☛ ☎✞ ☎ ✁ ✶✙✚✙✙✙ ✍☛✟✁✄ ✆✓ ☎ ✁ ✛✑☞ ✞✟✓ ✜✞✡✓☎✍✆✓✄ ☎ ✟✞✡✎ ✏ ✆☛ ☎ ✁ ☛✆☎✕✖✄ ✠✟✆✓☞✆✓✎ ✏✍☎✁✟ ✢✞✏✄ ✣ ✓✞☎ ☎ ✍☎ ✍ ✁✍✗✕s ✍✓✠✁✠ ✍❛s ❛✟✞✍☛ ✏✞✡✑✠ ✂✁ ✍✓ ✆✝❛✟✞✗✁✝✁✓☎✚ ☎✞ ✂✁ ✄✡✟✁ ✣ ☎ ✁ ✏✍☎✁✟s ✄ ✁✠ ✍✄ ✍✗✞✆✠✁✠ ☎ ✁ ✒✁✟✕ ✠✆✄✍✄☎✁✟ ☎ ✍☎ ☛✞✡✑✠ ✑✁✍✗✁ ☎ ✁ ☛✆☎✕ ✏✆☎ ✞✡☎ ✍ ✄✍✌✁ ✏✍☎✁✟ ✄✡❛❛✑✕✳ ❆✓✠ ✍ ✂✆✑✑ ✑✆☞✁✑✕ ☎✞ ✁✤☛✁✁✠ ✥✶✦ ✝✆✑✑✆✞✓ ✞✟ ✥✧✙ ✝✆✑✑✆✞✓ ☎✞ ✒✤ ☎ ✁ ❛✟✞✂✑✁✝✳ ✜✍✓✍✎✆✓✎ ☎ ✁ ✏✍☎✁✟✄ ✁✠ ✆✄ ✍ ☛ ✍✑✑✁✓✎✁✳ ■☎ ✆✄ ✓✞☎ ✍ ❛✑✍☛✁ ✏ ✁✟✁ ☛✞✓✗✁✓☎✆✞✓✍✑ ☛✞✝✝✁✟☛✆✍✑ ✌✞✟✁✄☎✟✕✚ ✠✁✄✆✎✓✁✠ ☎✞ ✝✍✤✆✝✆❞✁ ☎ ✁ ❛✟✞✠✡☛☎✆✞✓ ✞✌ ✂✞✍✟✠s✌✁✁☎ ✞✌ ☎✆✝✂✁✟✚ ✝✍☞✁✄ ✄✁✓✄✁✳ ★✓✁ ✟✁✍✄✞✓ ☎ ✁ ✄☎✟✁✍✝✄ ✍✓✠ ✄❛✟✆✓✎✄ ☛✞✓☎✆✓✡✁ ☎✞ ❛✟✞✠✡☛✁ ☛✑✁✍✟ ✏✍☎✁✟ ✆✄ ☎ ✍☎ ☎ ✁ ✌✞✟✁✄☎✄ ✟✁✝✍✆✓ ✆✓☎✍☛☎✚ ✍✂✑✁ ☎✞ ✍✂✄✞✟✂ ☎✞✟✟✁✓☎✆✍✑ ✟✍✆✓✄ ✍✓✠ ☎ ✁ ✄❛✟✆✓✎ ✟✡✓✞✌✌ ✏✆☎ ✞✡☎ ☎✡✟✓✆✓✎ ✆✓☎✞ ✝✡✠✠✕ ☎✞✟✟✁✓☎✄ ✡✓✒☎ ✌✞✟ ✠✟✆✓☞✆✓✎ ✞✟ ✝✡☛ ✁✑✄✁✳ ✔✡☎ ☎ ✞✄✁ 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①r✈② ❡❊▼❍ ❜❙❬❝❍▼◗ ❳▼❊❡ ❡❴ ●❊❡❍ ▲❙ ❋●❱❙ ❱ ●❱❝❳❣❭❍❙❋❫▼❴ ❱❬❊ ❋❊ ❙❊▼❋●❍❱◗❋ ❩▼❍❬❊❙♥ ❪❵❜ ▲◗ ❱ ❤▼❍◗❍▼❘❍ ❜❡❍▼▲❭❱➆◗ ❊❫❋❑❊❊▼ ▼❍❭▼❍❱❋▲❊❙ ●❍▼▲❋❱❬❍♥ r●❍❋●❣ ❙❱❋▲❊❙❱❝ ❙❊❙❤▼❊❢❋ ❊▼❬❱❣ ❙▲✐❱❋▲❊❙❥ ❳❊▼❡❍❑ ▲❙ ♠♣♣q ❍▼ ❋●▼❊❫❬● ❤▼❊❘▲❑▲❙❬ ❳❫❙❑◗ ❳❊▼ ❱ ❝❊❭❱❝ ❤❱▼❦ ❊▼ ❭❊❙◗❍▼❘❣ ❱▼❊❫❙❑ ❱ ❭❱❡❤❢▼❍ ▼▲❬●❋ ●❍▼❍ ▲❙ ❩▼❍❬❊❙❥ ❋●❱❋ ◗❍▼❘❍◗ ▲❙❬ ❊❫▼ ✇▲❝❑ ❯❱❭❦❭❊❫❙❋▼❴❥ ❱◗ ❋●❍ ❘❊▲❭❍ ❳❊▼ ❊❫▼ ❢◗● ❱❙❑ ❋●❍ ①r✈② ❬❫❱▼❱❙❋❍❍◗ ❋●❱❋ ❜❡❍▼▲❭❱➆◗ ③④④⑤ ❯▲❝❝▲❊❙ ✇▲❝❑❝▲❳❍ ❱❙❑ ❤❫❯❝▲❭ ❝❱❙❑◗ ❱❙❑ ✇❱❋❍▼◗♥ ❊❫❋❑❊❊▼ ❍❭❊❙❊❡❴ ❭❊❙❋▲❙❫❍◗ ❜❑❘❊❭❱❋▲❙❬ ❳❊▼ ❭❊❙◗❍▼❘❱❣ ❋❊ ◗❫◗❋❱▲❙ ❭❊❡❡❫❙▲❋▲❍◗ ❋▲❊❙ ❱❙❑ ❤❫❯❝▲❭ ❱❭❭❍◗◗ ▲◗ ❱ ❙❱❋▲❊❙✇▲❑❍♥ ❵❊✇❍❘❍▼❥ ❑❍❍❤❣▼❊❊❋❍❑ ❤❱▼❋ ❊❳ ✇●❊ P ✇▲❋●❊❫❋ ❱❭❋▲❊❙ ❯❴ ✈❊❙❬▼❍◗◗❥ ❱❡ ❱❙❑ ●❊✇ P ✇❱◗ ▼❱▲◗❍❑ ❋●❍ ①r✈② ✇▲❝❝ ❍⑥❤▲▼❍ ❊❙ ❱❙❑ ●❊✇ P ❱❡ ▼❱▲◗▲❙❬ ❡❴ ⑦❍❤❋♥ ⑧♣♥ r●▲❝❍ ▲❙ ✉♥✈♥❥P ❡❍❋ ✇▲❋● ❦▲❑◗♥❜❳❋❍▼ ❯❍❭❊❡▲❙❬ ❱ ❡❊❋●❍▼❥ P ▼❍❱❝▲✐❍❑ ❋●❍ ▼❍❤▼❍◗❍❙❋❱❋▲❘❍◗ ❳▼❊❡ ❋●❍ ▲❡❤❊▼❋❱❙❭❍ ❊❳ ❤▼❊❋❍❭❋▲❙❬ ❊❳❢❭❍◗ ❊❳ ⑦❍❙♥⑨❊❙r❴❑❍❙ ✇▲❝❑ ◗❤❱❭❍◗ ❳❊▼ ❳❫❋❫▼❍ ❬❍❙❣ ❱❙❑ ⑨❍❤♥⑩▼❍❬r❱❝❑❍❙ ❱❙❑ ❍▼❱❋▲❊❙◗♥ P ✇❱◗ ❝❫❭❦❴ ❍❙❊❫❬● ❑▲◗❭❫◗◗❍❑ ❋●❍ ▲❡❤❊▼❋❱❙❭❍ ❋❊ ❯❍ ▲❙❘▲❋❍❑ ❋❊ t❊▲❙ ❪❵❜➆◗ ❊❳ ❤❍▼❡❱❙❍❙❋❝❴ ▼❍❱❫❋●❊▼▲✐❣ ❝❱▼❬❍◗❋ ❍❘❍▼ ❬▼❱◗◗▼❊❊❋◗ ❋▼▲❤ ▲❙❬ ❱❙❑ ❑❍❑▲❭❱❋▲❙❬ ❳❫❙❑▲❙❬ ❳❊▼ ❋●❍ ①r✈②♥P ❱❝◗❊ ●❱❑ ❋❊ r❱◗●▲❙❬❋❊❙❥ ✉♥✈♥❥ ❋❊ ❱❑❘❊❭❱❋❍ ❳❊▼ ❋●❍ ①❱❙❑ ❱❙❑ ❋●❍ ❤❝❍❱◗❫▼❍ ❊❳ ❡❍❍❋▲❙❬ r❱❋❍▼ ✈❊❙◗❍▼❘❱❋▲❊❙ ②❫❙❑♥ ✇▲❋● ⑦❍❙♥❶❍❳❳ ❷❍▼❦❝❍❴ ❱❙❑ Cassens: Stand up for the Land and Water Conservation Fund ✸❖❈✮✳✸✮❨❖✪✱ ✼✪❇✴✰✸ ❖✽✽✰✸✰✳✴✬ ❙✾✿✾❀ ❙❀❁❂ ❃❄❅❅❄✿❆ ❙❂ ❉✿❁❊❀❅❅ ❋❍■✾❏ ➇❄✾➔ ❱→ ➐✿ ➂▼✿❁❯❀❩ ➣❛↔❴❧ ❬♠❪❼❪ ❑❄❊✾▼❄◆✾◗❘❀❁❯❅❀✾❱❁❳❩ ❬❛❭❪❫ ❴❵❜❞❪❢ ❣✐✐ ❥❭❪❫❪❻♠❷q ❥❸♠↔ ➣❛❻❛❺❪❧ ③❴❶❪❧♠ ❬♠❧❴➊❪⑥ ➌♥②♥ ❥❴❦❧♠ ❬♠♥ ♦♣♥q ❬rs✈①q ❬❛❭❪❫q ②③ ❣④①✐⑤⑥ ⑦✐①r ➍❴➎ ⑨④✐q ➒❛ ↕❧❛❻➓❪q ②③ ❣④⑧⑦✐⑥ ⑦s⑤r❣⑨✈r ❣⑧⑨r⑤④✈❣♥⑩❪❶❷❸♠❪❢ ❹❹❹♥❴❧❪❺❴❻❭❪❺❸❷❭❛♠❦❧❪♥ ⑤①✐❣⑥ ❵❛➎ ⑦s⑤r❣⑨①r①①①①♥ ❺❴❼❽❾❛❻❷❪❭❭♥ ♣❫❛❸❭❢ ❷❪❻♥❶❸❭❭❾❛❻❷❪❭❭❿ ➙❁❄❱❁ ➇❱➑❁✾➔ ➇❱❆❆❄❊❊❄❱❁❀▼❊❩ ➛❴❻❻❛ ❴❧❪❺❴❻❭❪❺❸❷❭❛♠❦❧❪♥❺❴❼♥ ➍❪❼❪❧❛❺❪q ❬♠❪❼❪ ➣❞❥❭❦❧❪ ❛❻➓ ➜❛❞➝ ➉❴❹❛❧➓⑥ ❙✾✿✾❀ ➀❀➁❂ ➂▼❀➃ ➄✿▼▼❀✾❱ ❋➅➆✾❏ ❑❄❊✾▼❄◆✾◗ ⑤⑤✐⑨ ➞➟❼❪♥q ➒❛ ↕❧❛❻➓❪q ②③ ❣④⑧⑦✐⑥ ⑦s⑤r❣⑨①r ➇❱➈❀❳❩❬❛❭❪❫❴❵❜❞❪❢❣✐✐❥❴❦❧♠❬♠♥♦♣♥q➉r①⑧sq ⑤✐✐⑤⑥ ❵❛➎ ⑦s⑤r❣⑨①r⑤✐④❣♥ ❬❛❭❪❫q②③ ❣④①✐⑤⑥⑦✐①r❣⑧⑨r⑤s⑦⑧♥⑩❪❶❷❸♠❪❢ ❃✿❅❅❱➠✿ ➇❱➑❁✾➔ ➇❱❆❆❄❊❊❄❱❁❀▼❊❩ ➌❛❦❭ ❹❹❹♥❴❧❪❺❴❻❭❪❺❸❷❭❛♠❦❧❪♥❺❴❼❽❶❛❧❧❪♠❴♥♣❫❛❸❭❢ 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