Action Alert: Send your letter to protect the Clean Water Act

The Importance of Headwater Streams A group of senators has begun work on legislation that would halt a draft rule that will restore Clean Water Act protections to some of the most important trout and salmon habitat in the country - small headwater streams. Please take a moment to tell your senator to oppose an attack against the Clean Water Act. For 30 years, the Clean Water Act has been a great tool for restoring polluted trout and salmon streams, improving fishing across the country. In the last decade this great law has been picked apart by a series of Supreme Court cases. Some of the most important trout and salmon habitat across the country is now at risk - headwater streams. These small streams are not only important for spawning fish, but they are the building blocks for watersheds, ensuring downstream rivers maintain the water quality they need to support trout and salmon. Whether you like fishing headwater streams, or larger downstream rivers, ensuring these streams are covered by the Clean Water Act means more and better fishing opportunities for you. Please set aside a few moments to ensure these waters are clearly protected by the Clean Water Act.

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1 Compose Message Message Recipients: Your U.S. Senators Your U.S. House Representative Comments Clean Water Docket Delivery Method: Email Printed Letter Subject: Editable text: (edit or add your own text - 9316 characters left) The Clean Water Act is one of the most important tools we have for protecting trout and salmon habitat to ensure great fishing. As an angler, I am writing to support the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers draft rule on the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act, and I strongly oppose legislative efforts to derail the proposal. Protecting wetlands and headwater streams means protecting important fish habitat, and protecting habitat means more fishing opportunities for America's anglers, who contribute $48 billion every year to the economy. America's sportsmen and women strongly support this rule, and urge to oppose legislative efforts to derail it. Tip: Cutting-and-pasting? Save as plain text first. Your Closing: Your Name: 2 Sender Information This system requires that you provide your name and contact information. This information will not be used for any purpose other than to identify you to the recipient. Your Contact Information: Prefix (required by some officials) Select... Mr. Ms. Mrs. Miss Dr. Rev. Hon. First * Last * Email * Address * City * State * Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming American Samoa Guam Puerto Rico Virgin Islands ZIP * ZIP + 4 Phone (required by some officials) Sign me up for the Action E-List. A copy of your message will be sent to the e-mail address entered above.

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Welcome to the chapters new website and meeting place.  Come on in, take a look around and get acquainted with our new surroundings.  We felt it was about time to upgrade the way we communicate with our chapter members and hope you like the makeover.  Something old, something new.....but definitely time to move on.

Here's what's important:  see that "follow by email" box over to the right?  Click on it and please input your email address and then hit submit.  That way, any time we post a new update to the chapter newsletter you get it automatically, just like you received our emails before.  It's just that simple, safe and secure and I promise you'll only receive chapter updates when necessary.

This is YOUR website.  If you have any ideas or recommendations please feel free to email the editor at nwpatu@gmail.com or better yet leave a comment below.  I'd also ask for your contributions in a picture or two of a recent fishing trip you may have taken or a fly you like to tie, that sort of thing.  Email them to me with a short description and I'll include it in the next newsletter posting.  Let's keep this interesting for everyone and have some fun along the way shall we?

In the meantime, have a great summer and remember our next chapter meeting will be held in September.  We'll send out a notice when we get closer to that date.  Til then, tight lines!

Erik Cronk
President
nwpatu@gmail.com