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***Media Advisory***
HOUSE MEMBERS, SALMON ADVOCATES CALL ON BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO REEXAMINE Salmon POLICIES
AT WEDNESDAY PRESS EVENT |
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U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Democrat of the House Fisheries and Oceans Subcommittee, will join U.S. Reps. Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Sam Farr (D-CA) at a press conference on Wednesday, February 9 at 12:30 p.m. to release a letter signed by over 50 of their House colleagues calling on the Bush Administration to reexamine their salmon policies and to work to save and restore salmon runs. Pallone led the effort on the letter to Bush.
The members will be joined by salmon advocates who will present the lawmakers with a new study that shows the positive economic impacts of a healthy salmon population to the Northwest, West Coast and Alaska.
WHAT: Press conference calling on Bush Administration to reexamine salmon policies
WHO: U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ)
U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA)
U.S. Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA)
Members of Congress
Salmon Advocates
WHEN: Wednesday, February 9 at 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: 441 Cannon House Office Building in Washington, located at the corner of First and Independence Streets in Washington, D.C.
The Salmon advocates scheduled to attend include:
Kristin Troy (Salmon, ID): owner-outfitter; past-president of Salmon Chamber of Commerce
Jerry Myers (Salmon, ID): veteran fishing guide,
Joel Kawahara (Seattle, WA): commercial salmon fisherman
Jeremy Brown (Bellingham, WA): commercial salmon fisherman
Bert Bowler (Boise, ID): fisheries biologist with Idaho Rivers United; retired Idaho Dept. of Fish and Game
Don Reading (Boise, ID): economist with state of Idaho; author of the economic study |
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