August 2008 The Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society is proud to call Congresswoman McCarthy a friend. As residents of New York and friends of the zoo you may know firsthand how strong leadership in the U.S. Congress has shaped our ability to deliver quality programs to our 4 million annual visitors, including 450,000 students served. Representative Carolyn McCarthy is a life-long resident of Mineola, New York with 30 years experience as a nurse before she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. She has recently been named Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities and will be instrumental in forming federal education policy to protect Long Island's children. Carolyn McCarthy is the first Congresswoman from Long Island and is included in Newsday's 100 Long Island Influentials as well as Congressional Quarterly's 50 Most Effective Legislators. Here are a few stories that demonstrate the impact Rep. McCarthy's leadership in Congress has had on New York and the Wildlife Conservation Society. New Yorkers benefit from Congresswoman McCarthy's leadership on Environmental Education As Chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) understands the importance of working to ensure that each child is prepared to be a productive, successful member of the global knowledge economy. The Wildlife Conservation Society is grateful to Congresswoman McCarthy for her support of the No Child Left Inside Act, a bill which would increase the capacity of our nation's schools to include or augment environmental education in the curriculum and enhance current professional development opportunities for environmental education teachers. Read more... Garden City's Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy helps to protect the world's forests Congresswoman McCarthy (D-NY) was instrumental in negotiating the final version of the Farm Bill which ensured illegal timber practices were prohibited through the enacted legislation. We thank the Congresswoman for being a champion for forest conservation and for this groundbreaking effort to curb illegal logging. Read more... Highly endangered great cats and rare canines have a friend in New York's Congresswoman McCarthy Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) voted in favor and helped the U.S. House of Representatives pass the Great Cats and Rare Canids Act. If enacted by Congress, this Act will provide conservation assistance to groups like the Wildlife Conservation Society for the conservation and protection of majestic cheetahs, snow leopards, wild dogs, and other rare wild cat and dog species. Read more... Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy ensures maximum federal funding for New York's wildlife New York's Department of Environmental Conservation and the Division of Fish, Wildlife, and Marine Resources help the State's wildlife thrive through the State Wildlife Grants, a federal funding program. Congresswoman McCarthy (D-NY) has been a strong supporter of the State Wildlife Grants Program and has consistently urged Congress to fund this program at maximum levels. The Wildlife Conservation Society thanks the Congresswoman for her dedication to this important funding stream to keep common wildlife species abundant in New York and across the nation. Read more... About the Wildlife Conservation Society The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild places worldwide. We do so through science, global conservation, education and the management of the world's largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together these activities change attitudes towards nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in harmony. WCS is committed to this mission because it is essential to the integrity of life on Earth. For more information, please visit: www.wcs.org
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