Fish Report for 12-4-2012

The Historic Sportsmen’s Act of 2012 is still alive!

12-4-2012
Public Relations

The Sportsmen's Act of 2012 may yet again come up for vote in the U.S. Senate as members are working hard to craft a solution to the procedural problem that stopped the bill from passing the Senate. A diverse coalition of angling, hunting and conservation organizations is working hard to support this effort and eventual passage, but time is running out.

Please make your readers aware of the need to continue sending messages to their Senate members.

On November 26, in a surprise upset, the U.S. Senate failed to advance the Sportsmen's Act of 2012 (S. 3525). After months of discussion with Senate members by a large and diverse coalition of angling, hunting and conservation organizations who worked to create a historic bill containing 17 key provisions for anglers, hunters and fish and wildlife conservation; the bill failed to pass over a party line vote on a procedural motion.

You and your readers can still make an impact and KeepAmericaFishing™ provides an easy way to send an effective message to Senate members. We need everyone's support to help pass this essential piece of legislation.

Please post this link on your website, your blog, your Facebook page and Twitter account and email it far and wide to friends, family and colleagues.

This URL www.KeepAmericaFishing.org/sportsmensact, takes you to a Take Action Now page.

Please help us convince the Senate to bring this bill back to the floor and vote YES for fish and wildlife conservation!


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