Please come and support recently introduced federal legislation to modify the Marine Mammal Protection Act and allow broader control by states to manage sea lions that are harming wild and protected fish.
Saturday May 30th, Clackamette Park, Oregon City, Noon.
Each of the listed entities will be on hand to discuss the urgent need to give states the management authority to control problem sea lions that are a serious threat to wild and endangered Salmon, Steelhead and Sturgeon.
Congressman Schrader along with Congresswoman Jaimie Herrera-Buetler recently introduced a federal bill to allow state control of problem sea lions.
Please attend and lend your support to passing this vital Federal Legislation
PLEASE REFRAIN FROM CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SEA LIONS THAT ARENT REGARDING THIS RALLY AND IT'S PURPOSE. THANK YOU.
I'll accept your thanks on behalf of all the CCA volunteers behind the scenes who work tirelessly on these issues. And their names are never known. I get to be the messenger on a lot of these. But there are LOTS of great folks making it happen
"The number of sea lions and the number of salmon theyāve eaten this year in the Bonneville Dam tailrace is more than double the twelve-year average, according to a May 12 status report by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Sea lions, or pinnipeds, have caused havoc this year, both at the dam where they pick off salmon and other fish stalled in the tailrace, and lower in the river where commercial and recreational fishing has been impacted, as well as in Astoria where sea lions have taken over docks. At the dam, their presence has broken records for the number of sea lions observed in one day and for the number of chinook salmon eaten over the season."
I have no doubt the effect of steelhead, wild Spring Chinook and sturgeon on the Willamette are seeing similar increases.
Might be a good idea to bring a camping chair along. Maybe keep some space reserved closer to the speakers for the hearing impaired crowd if they want it. My only challenge is paying attention
Just ideas, not telling anyone how to run the show.
I just found out that I will not be at this very important meeting. Instead I will be meeting with US Senator Ron Wyden. You can bet we will talk about this and other issues important to fish and fishermen. I again would encourage all of you to attend this town hall. Sorry Bruce but we need all of their support.
Crap, just found out about this or I'd be there. Good luck guys!
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