Is
CSPA on your
Holiday gift list?
Happy Holidays! First, we'd
like to thank you for continuing to receive our newsletter. It's been a
work in progress as is our website in its first year. As part of your
signing up on our mailing list, we understand that you don't want to be
bugged continuously for donations. We've tried to keep the solicitations
down and the fishing and environmental news foremost including what CSPA
is doing to improve California's fisheries.
However, CSPA, like any other
organization that hopes to accomplish good things, needs funds to get the
work done. That's why we're sending you this Christmas greeting and, at
the same time asking that you put us on your Holiday gift list. Our goals
for 2009 are far greater than any of those in CSPA's past. We have entered
into two monumental lawsuits, the first as plaintiffs suing to end
wasteful delta pumping, the second, as interveners defending anglers'
interests in the current "striped bass" lawsuit.
We will continue to pursue
our efforts at cleaning up California's waterways. We're seeking clean up
of over 40 agricultural and municipal pollution sources and in the process
of filing comments on another 17, We have two outstanding law suits where
our negotiations on these sources have failed to bring about the goal of
clean water. Our participation and input at FERC hearings will continue to
ensure water for fish. We will continue our input and opposition to plans
that would actually harm the waterways and fisheries of California
including fish harming diversions and the delta draining ideas included in
the Delta Vision and Bay Delta Conservation Plan..
We recently reestablished our
long standing relationship with the Northern California Council of the
Federation of Fly Fishers and have already contributed insight at several
meetings. We work continuously with other organizations like the
California Striped Bass Association, and the California Water Impact
Network, CalTrout, and Trout Unlimited on a regular basis and will work
with and assist these and other organizations in the 2009 year.
A laundry list of what CSPA
is currently involved with would reach over two pages with a single line
devoted to each item. I could go on but I'm sure you're aware of how
important CSPA's work is or you wouldn't be a subscriber.
In order that CSPA continue
its work, we ask you to take the one step that will keep us at the front,
battling the assault on California's fisheries. That step is, if you're
not already a member, to join CSPA for 2009. Memberships
begin at $30 for the entire year. Memberships of $50 or more are gifted
with "thank you" premiums.
In addition, your name or the
name of your organization or business is included on our "Donor Honor
Roll" with a link to your website if an organization or company. The
first premiums will be sent out this Friday, December 19th and the 2009
"Donor Honor Roll" will be posted on our website Christmas
morning.
CSPA would be honored to see
your name underneath our "Christmas tree" on Christmas day.
You can become a member by
sending in a snail mail membership form
or by instant access through PayPal. You
do not need to be a Pay Pal member to contribute electronically.
Finally, we at
CSPA would like to wish you and yours the VERY BEST for the holiday
season. Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, and Happy New Year from the Board
of Directors, and the Advisory Board of CSPA.
Bill
Jennings, Executive Director |
|
Jim
Crenshaw, President/Treasurer |
John
Beuttler, Conservation Director |
|
Chris
Shutes, FERC Projects Director |
Michael
Jackson, Attorney |
|
Corey
Cate, Secretary |
Richard
McHenry, Director of Permit and Compliance
|
|
Roy
Thomas, Director |
Richard
Izmirian, Director |
|
Dave
Fries PhD., Advisory Board |
John
Ryzanych, Advisory Board |
|
Steve
Bond, Advisory Board |
Mike
McKenzie, Membership, Advisory Board
|
|
Jerry Neuburger, Webmaster, Advisory Board |
Please
forward this special message to any friends who care about the state of
our waterways and fisheries and don’t know about CSPA. They can follow
the latest news on California’s water and fishery issues at our
website, http://www.calsport.org.
Suggest they sign up for
this Weekly News
Letter and other Advisories.
Become
a CSPA member by printing and mailing the membership
form or join
on-line.
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this letter because CSPA believes you want to keep up to date on the
assault on California fisheries and CSPA's efforts to save and restore
them. If you wish to unsubscribe, just send
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