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06-10-11, 08:49 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery will remain open
Got the form letter yesterday from Rep Graves.
"After meeting with and extensive talks with with the USFWS officials, I am pleased to inform you that the Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery will remain open. The USFWS has informed me that they have enough funding to operate the hatchery and that all employees will remain on staff." This is awsome news but I can't find it posted anywhere on NGTO. Am I just missing it? News article from The News Observer in Blue Ridge. http://www.thenewsobserver.com/artic...ews/news01.txt
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06-10-11, 09:26 AM
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I believe you are the first bearer of the good news Julian. Thanks for the update.
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06-10-11, 09:29 AM
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Wow, this is good news! Thanks for posting Julian; you get credit for the "scoop"!
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06-10-11, 09:39 AM
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Good news short term, but it looks like an annual battle. I don't think we can let up on the legislators. We still need to keep our voices heard. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
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06-11-11, 11:07 AM
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No point in hesitating about staying on top of this situation. As you can read in the fourth paragraph, the funding is only for Fiscal Year 2012. The loss of funding also affects other NWS hatcheries which also help support Georgia’s stocking program.
Whether you dunk worms, chunk corn, flip spinners, fling flies, catch & release or catch & eat this issue will affect anyone who fishes for trout in North GA. The hatchery lies in the 9th US Congressional District which falls under Congressman Tom Graves watch. The link to his website is here http://www.gravesforcongress.org/ Call his office or send an email or direct letter to show your support for keeping the hatchery system in jeopardy funded. There is plenty of info on the web that talks about this issue so feel free to look it up. Here is a list of the senators where the other hatcheries are in danger of having thier funding cut. Remember that the Tennessee hatcheries also help support the stocking program in Georgia. KENTUCKY- Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery Senator Mitch McConnell 202-224-2541 Senator Rand Paul 202-224-4343 TENNESSEE- Dale Hollow and Erwin National Fish hatcheries Senator Lamar Alexander 202-224-4944 Senator Bob Corker 202-224-3344 GEORGIA- Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery Senator Saxby Chambliss 202-224-3521 Senator Johnny Isakson 202-224-3643 ARKANSAS- Norfork and Greers Ferry National Fish Hatcheries Senator John Boozman 202-224-4843 Senator Mark Pryor 202-224-2353 MISSOURI-Neosho National Fish Hatchery Senator Roy Blunt 202-224-5721 Senator Claire McCaskill 202-224-6154 NORTH DAKOTA-Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery Senator Kent Conrad 202-224-2043 Senator John Hoeven 202-224-2551 UTAH- Jones Hole National Fish Hatchery Senator Orrin Hatch 202-224-5251 Senator Mike Lee 202-224-5444 **List courtesy of NGTO’s Deepwader
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