N.F. Nehalem Hatchery Closure???!!!

[BillH]

I just heard that HB3334 passed out of the House of Reps. and to the Ways & Means Committee where it will soon be considered before being sent to the Senate in Salem. This bill would REQUIRE ODFW to spend 25% of its trout propagation budget topurchase catchable trout from private growers. This is up from the present l0% requirement that passed through a recent legislature and would impact the ODFW budget by $500,000.00!! When the 10% requirement was passed it resulted int he closure of some other hatcheries around the state including Wallowa and Willamette hatcheries. This new requirement would close the N.F. Nehalem hatchery which presently is THE source for the N.F. Nehalem (90,000) and Necanicum River (40,000) steelhead production - plus a lot of cohos for the N.F> Nehalem. This is a SERIOUS THREAT!!!! The reason it is tied into trout production is that with the reduction of coho production of a few years ago, the NF Nehalem hatchery utilizes that new space with trout production for a lot of North Coast lakes.

I urge you to write the
Ways & Means Comm. members to choke out this bill before it gets any further! Let's not let this destructive measure slip by on us!!!

[WheresMyBobber]

While you're talking to your Reps and Senators about this ridiculous legislation and the points mentioned by Bill, ask them why they're so willing to buckle in to out of state interests!! [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img]

(Hint - how many of these trout growers are from Oregon or care about what happens in Oregon?) [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img]

[HarpMan]

Bill H. Do you have email contact addresses for Ways and Means Committee members. You old OSU Beaver. I have not seen much of you except at the Rodezvous, thought you were dead, but according to F&H Dave you are alive and well. Never seen Dave so #$%^%$ after we had a few/many in an old Seaside bar a few years back when the rivers were blown.... Go beav's

[SteelieSteve]

Bill H
I wrote a nice informative letter to a Senator close to home and emailed it to him only to find he blocks his email. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[hustlerrjim]

another black mail scheme by odfw ;there are several bills coming up that every body should be aware of sb 845 sb5518 hb 2166 hb 3001 hb3013
the n.w. steelheaders have planned an outdoor lobby day april 30 at 10-00 am to meet and dicuss these problems with our legislators BE THERE at the capitol steps
need any more imfo???email me