Stripers Forever is currently working on several issues that you can help with.
Stripers Forever strongly advocates passage of a federal bill H.R. 2625 introduced by Congressmen Tom Allen of Maine and Frank Pallone of N.J. This legislation would make the striped bass a gamefish both in all state waters, and in the EEZ waters more than 3 miles off the coast that come under federal control. To help with this legislation please do the following:
1. Choose a state via the drop down arrow on the left side of the home page. Find the list of Congresspersons for that state. Print out this list and add the e-mail addresses to your address book. Many members of Congress use a government e-mail system that directs e-mail by the sender's zip code to the appropriate Congressperson. In other words many Congresspersons will accept no e-mail from outside of their district. You can however, approach the other Congress people by snail mail, (instructions for that are below), and we urge you to contact every Congressperson in your state as well in as any other
states that you wish. The more of us that they hear from the better.
2. Click on the link for the HR#2625 sample letter at the bottom of this page. You can either use this letter as is or as a template for your own letter. We encourage you to use your own words if you wish. Stripers Forever is made up of all of us who love striped bass and cherish the concept of public fishing. This letter is from YOU, not Stripers Forever. Save the finished document.
3. Cut and paste the document into an e-mail and send it to each Congressperson; address each one to the individual Congressperson. Make it personal, from you, the voter with the power to elect representatives that you approve of.
4. Print these same letters, and mail them snail mail too. Put them in hand-addressed envelopes. Elected officials are concerned about what you, the voter, thinks. Hand-addressing is personal and shows commitment and effort.
5. Don't hesitate to e-mail and snail mail to every Congressman from Maine to So. Carolina, even if you are not a resident of that state. Many anglers travel and spend money in various states. Your input is important. Besides, the striped bass observe no state lines. If a migrating cow striper is killed for market in one state it will not be available to breed in another the next spring.
6. Please copy us on your e-mails so that we may know how many communications each legislator has received.
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