11-17-2005, 03:03 AM
[cool][font "Poor Richard"][green][size 4]Just received the following e-mail from the Governor:[/size][/green][/font]
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Thank you for contacting me regarding AB 7 (Cogdill). After extensive consideration and thorough deliberation from opponents and proponents of this issue, I have decided to sign this bill.
AB 7 will require the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) to dedicate one-third of revenue generated by sport fishing license sales to the operation of the State's trout hatchery and inland fisheries programs to achieve increased hatchery and native fish production. Next year, California's lakes will be stocked with more fish and rivers populated with wild trout will receive the management they require. In the past, a small percentage of the DFG budget has gone to trout hatcheries even though more than half of the license buyers fish for trout. Sport fishing in California is a wonderful pastime and it is time we focus on modernizing our hatchery and wild trout programs.
The work to maintain California's ecological treasures is both difficult and never-ending. Since I became governor of California, I have been committed to leading by example to protect California's natural resources. I established an Environmental Action Plan to lead the way in meeting our new environmental challenges. Additionally, I created the 25 million acre Sierra Nevada Conservancy and sponsored the first ocean protection act in the nation.
Again, thank you for taking the time to email. I value the comments of people like you who care about the future of our great State.
Sincerely,
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Thank you for contacting me regarding AB 7 (Cogdill). After extensive consideration and thorough deliberation from opponents and proponents of this issue, I have decided to sign this bill.
AB 7 will require the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) to dedicate one-third of revenue generated by sport fishing license sales to the operation of the State's trout hatchery and inland fisheries programs to achieve increased hatchery and native fish production. Next year, California's lakes will be stocked with more fish and rivers populated with wild trout will receive the management they require. In the past, a small percentage of the DFG budget has gone to trout hatcheries even though more than half of the license buyers fish for trout. Sport fishing in California is a wonderful pastime and it is time we focus on modernizing our hatchery and wild trout programs.
The work to maintain California's ecological treasures is both difficult and never-ending. Since I became governor of California, I have been committed to leading by example to protect California's natural resources. I established an Environmental Action Plan to lead the way in meeting our new environmental challenges. Additionally, I created the 25 million acre Sierra Nevada Conservancy and sponsored the first ocean protection act in the nation.
Again, thank you for taking the time to email. I value the comments of people like you who care about the future of our great State.
Sincerely,
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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