Urgent Alert: Stop the House Republicans' War on Salmon!

To: California Salmon Supporters

From: The Recreational and Commercial Salmon Coalition
Dear Salmon Supporter:

Once again our Central Valley salmon need your help. On Saturday February 19th the House of Representatives passed a Continuing Resolution Bill which is needed to keep the Federal Government running after March 4th 2011. The bill included two fatal amendments for Central Valley salmon.

The first stops the activities of the National Marine Fisheries Service in enforcing the biological
opinions that protect the Central Valley salmon and steelhead from extinction. Funding for these activities was cancelled. This lets the Delta pumping go back to maximum.

The second takes away the funding from the San Joaquin River Restoration project. The amendments were inserted into the bill by Representative Devin Nunes of Visalia and were supported by the Republican
majority. Our salmon supporters in the House fought hard against the amendments but were overruled in the vote. We now need to get the amendments out of the bill in the Senate. Our political advisors suggest we try to get hundreds of letters telling of our plight to go to our two Senators and to the
involved agencies.

The following procedure gives you an easy way to write a letter. The letter is addressed and formatted. Please do your part to ensure that these salmon killing provisions are eliminated in the bill in the Senate version.

Instructions for Sending Letters Opposing the Salmon Riders in the House Continuing Resolution Bill
a. Log onto Water4Fish.org.
b. Click on “Send Letters to Legislators” on the left.
c. Pick out the appropriate Feinstein or Boxer letter and click in the blue.
d. When the letter comes up, highlight all the text and hit copy.
e. Call up your word processor and paste the text.
f. Personalize it, format it and print.
g. Fax or mail the letter.

We suggest you start with the letter to Senator Feinstein. It includes copies to the key agencies. Call up the letter and then fill in your personal comments. The objective is to demonstrate the personal and business hardships fishermen and the salmon industry has endured. When you are done please fax the letters to
the Legislators and then be sure to include the other leaders copied. They will use our stories to help.

A fax list is included below. A fax is better for members of congress. Mailed letters have to go through the security procedure and sometimes take weeks. If you want addresses, go back to “Send letters to Legislators” and click on “Addresses for Continuing Resolution Letters” in the blue..

For questions or help call or email Dick Pool (925) 963 6350 rbpool [at] protroll.com

Thanks for your help.

Dick Pool, Water4Fish
Roger Thomas, GGFA
Zeke Grader, PCFFA
Mark Mlcoch, Nor Cal Guides

Fax Numbers
Senator Diane Feinstein (202) 228-3954
Senator Barbara Boxer (202) 224-0454
Congressman John Garamendi (202) 225-5914
Congressman George Miller (202) 225-5606
Congresswoman Jackie Speier (202) 226-4183
Congressman Mike Thompson (202) 225-4335
Dr. Jane Lubchenco (202) 408-9674
Secretary Gary Locke (202) 482-2741
Secretary Ken Salazar (202) 208-6956
Secretary John Laird (916) 653-8102
Deputy Secretary Jerry Meral (916) 653-8102
Water4Fish File (925) 932 4602