| 1 |
Contact US Commerce Secretary requesting an immediate
declaration of a Fishery Failure for the West Coast salmon
fishery: US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez
US Commerce Secretary
1401 Constitution Avenue
Washington, DC 20230 |
| 2 |
Contact your U.S. Senators and U.S. Representative requesting
federal disaster relief through a Congressional Appropriation for
direct assistance to salmon fishing families and communities
and, further, requesting Congressional oversight hearings on Pacific
salmon management and the stock collapse. |
| 3 |
Contact and attend meetings of the California State Water
Resources Control Board (SWP) demanding that in the development of
the "San
Francisco Bay / Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary (Bay-Delta)
Program - Strategic Workplan" a halt to pumping is
mandated at the State (SWP) and Federal (CVP) Delta facilities when
any salmon are present.
California State
Water Resources Control Board
1000 I Street
Room 1629
Sacramento, CA 95814
website |
| 4 |
Contact the Chair of the State Board and the Director of the
California Department of Fish & Game demanding the adoption,
implementation, and enforcement of freshwater flows into and
through the Delta to San Francisco Bay necessary for the ecological
functioning of this estuary and the protection and restoration of
salmon. |
| 5 |
Contact and attend meetings of the State Board demanding in open
comment an end to the discharge of toxic fish killing water into the
Delta and it's tributaries. Send comments by May 30 to the
Central Valley Regional Water Board
Susan Fregien calling for an immediate end to waste water
discharge waivers.
more info |
| 6 |
Contact and attend meetings of California's Delta Vision Blue
Ribbon Task Force to oppose any peripheral canal and any
further diversion of water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
watershed; demand the Delta be made salmon-friendly again.
c/o CALFED Bay Delta Program
650 Capitol Mall
Fifth Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
website |
| 7 |
Contact the Director of California Fish & Game, and the Fish &
Game Commission demanding all state salmon hatcheries be operated
at full capacity to fully mitigate losses from dams and water
projects and call further for the trucking of hatchery fish around
the Delta for release into acclimation pens in San Francisco Bay -
at least until such time as the pumping, flow an wastewater
discharge issues in the Delta are resolved.
Fish &
Game Commission
1416 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814 |
| 8 |
Contact California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and members of
the California Legislature demanding the State's policy for
doubling natural spawning salmon populations be met;
contact U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne demanding
compliance with Federal policy (under the Central Valley Project
Improvement Act) for doubling Central Valley natural spawning
populations of anadromous fish (e.g., salmon).
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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Members of the California Legislature
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814 |
US interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne
1849 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20240 |
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| 9 |
Don't forget the Klamath, even through it didn't cause the 2008
closures. Contact Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski and
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger requesting state
negotiators expedite the process for removal of the four
PacifiCorps dams on the Klamath. PacifiCorp is owned by
billionaire philanthropist Warren Buffett.
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Governor Ted Kulongoski
160 State Capitol
900 Court Street
Salem, OR 97301 |
Warren Buffett
1440 Kiewit Plaza
Omaha, NE 68131 |
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| 10 |
Contact the Pacific and North Pacific Fishery Management
Councils demanding an end to salmon bycatch in Pacific
Whiting, Pollock and other fisheries. |
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THANK YOU FOR TAKING
PART
IN BRINGING BACK THE SALMON! |
