Fishin Falls Prey Fed Gov

[Lee Borgersen]

                    :fishing2: Fishing Falls Prey to Fed Gov.


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Tell the President and your Members of Congress that it's time to stop the shutdown!


 
Recreational Fishing Falls Prey to the Federal Government Shutdown
Tell the President and Congress to End the Shutdown!

Because Congress and the Administration can't come to agreement on the nation's finances, millions of anglers like you are now locked out of federal lands and waters.  The shutdown is taking its toll on anglers who are now shut off from our public lands and waters which is having a crippling impact on the thousands of businesses such as hotels, guides, restaurants and tackle shops that depend on access to federal properties.

Please take a moment to contact the President and your Congressional members urging them to put aside their differences and settle the shutdown!

Federally-controlled waters have a sportfishing community support system that is comprised of lodging facilities, restaurants, guide services and bait and tackle shops, just to name a few of the services used by anglers.

In addition to hurting the economy, every day that passes represents a minimum of $2 million that doesn't get spent on fisheries conservation and federal fish hatcheries that don't meet their schedules for fish production. Not to mention the inability of thousands of federal conservation employees to do their job and an even greater number of volunteer fishery conservation efforts that fall by the wayside. The cost to fishery conservation is incalculable.

Tell the President and your Members of Congress that it's time to stop the shutdown and get the nation back on its financial track so resource conservation can move forward and the public can once again enjoy its public trust lands.