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<TABLE class=tborder id=post1334633 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=6 width="100%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD class=alt1 id=td_post_1334633>Many of you know that the NJOA is working with organizations like TU, NJSFSC, JCAA, Conserve Wildlife Foundation, in an effort spear-headed by NJ Audobon to help with DFW funding pressures brought on by the state spending freeze.
There are benefits and strength derived from by all of our organizations working together to support wildlife conservation. Below is a letter of opposition to Asm Chiappone bill A1202 (similar to the Panter, Karcher bills from last year) from Audobon (NJAS) to our legislators.
Remember, although NJAS is not a fishing, hunting or trapping organization, it does support the scientific management of natural resources of which each of these are tools.
Ant
Be a part of something bigger than each of us - join the grassroots efforts of the NJOA http://www.njoutdooralliance.org/support/njoa.html
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January 31, 2008
Re: A1202, Changes the composition, revises the authority of the Fish and Game Council
Dear Chairman and Members of the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee:
I am writing to express New Jersey Audubon Society's opposition to A1201, which changes the composition and revises the authority of the Fish and Game Council and creates a nonlethal alternative committee within the council.
NJAS is concerned that the proposed changes to the council's composition would hamper the ability of the council to use science-based management to protect and conserve our state's fish and game resources.
NJAS strongly believes that management decisions must be informed by the best available scientific data to successfully maintain the ecological integrity or sustainability of New Jersey's ecosystems and native plants and wildlife. NJAS is a non-profit organization with more than 24,000 members statewide. Our mission includes protecting New Jersey's birds, mammals, other animals, and plants, and promoting preservation of our state's valuable natural habitats.
Our state's forests and natural ecosystems, including native plant and wildlife species and habitats, are under severe threat from sprawl development and human disruption. When healthy, ecosystems provide essential environmental, social and economic benefits to human health and the quality of life in New Jersey. For example, healthy forests play a major role in providing clean, potable water. Degraded forests result in undrinkable water; dirty air that leads to asthma and cancer; and lost recreational
opportunities. According to a 2006 study, nearly 2.5 million people
participate in wildlife-related recreation in New Jersey each year,
generating over $4 billion and bringing in nearly $170 million in sales tax revenue.
Management decision in New Jersey, including those of the Fish and Game Council, must utilize science-based management to ensure the health of these important ecosystems. Science-based management requires that decisions be based upon sound science and utilizes data such as species demographics to inform these decisions. This might require species to be managed for overall net increases or decreases in species numbers or overall stability. For
example, superabundant resources such as white-tailed deer must be managed in a manner that decreases the population to allow restoration and maintenance of the integrity of native ecosystems.
In contrast, threatened or endangered species, such as grasshopper sparrow or northern pine snake and the habitats that support them, must clearly be managed with an intent to increase and improve habitat and thus increase populations.
NJAS supports measures that protect species and natural habitat throughout New Jersey and opposes policies that threaten the ecological integrity or sustainability of our ecosystems and native plants and wildlife. For this reason, we oppose this piece of legislation and respectfully urge you to do so as well. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Joanna Wolaver
Government Relations Director
New Jersey Audubon Society
142 West State Street, 4th Floor
Trenton, New Jersey 08608
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There are benefits and strength derived from by all of our organizations working together to support wildlife conservation. Below is a letter of opposition to Asm Chiappone bill A1202 (similar to the Panter, Karcher bills from last year) from Audobon (NJAS) to our legislators.
Remember, although NJAS is not a fishing, hunting or trapping organization, it does support the scientific management of natural resources of which each of these are tools.
Ant
Be a part of something bigger than each of us - join the grassroots efforts of the NJOA http://www.njoutdooralliance.org/support/njoa.html
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January 31, 2008
Re: A1202, Changes the composition, revises the authority of the Fish and Game Council
Dear Chairman and Members of the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee:
I am writing to express New Jersey Audubon Society's opposition to A1201, which changes the composition and revises the authority of the Fish and Game Council and creates a nonlethal alternative committee within the council.
NJAS is concerned that the proposed changes to the council's composition would hamper the ability of the council to use science-based management to protect and conserve our state's fish and game resources.
NJAS strongly believes that management decisions must be informed by the best available scientific data to successfully maintain the ecological integrity or sustainability of New Jersey's ecosystems and native plants and wildlife. NJAS is a non-profit organization with more than 24,000 members statewide. Our mission includes protecting New Jersey's birds, mammals, other animals, and plants, and promoting preservation of our state's valuable natural habitats.
Our state's forests and natural ecosystems, including native plant and wildlife species and habitats, are under severe threat from sprawl development and human disruption. When healthy, ecosystems provide essential environmental, social and economic benefits to human health and the quality of life in New Jersey. For example, healthy forests play a major role in providing clean, potable water. Degraded forests result in undrinkable water; dirty air that leads to asthma and cancer; and lost recreational
opportunities. According to a 2006 study, nearly 2.5 million people
participate in wildlife-related recreation in New Jersey each year,
generating over $4 billion and bringing in nearly $170 million in sales tax revenue.
Management decision in New Jersey, including those of the Fish and Game Council, must utilize science-based management to ensure the health of these important ecosystems. Science-based management requires that decisions be based upon sound science and utilizes data such as species demographics to inform these decisions. This might require species to be managed for overall net increases or decreases in species numbers or overall stability. For
example, superabundant resources such as white-tailed deer must be managed in a manner that decreases the population to allow restoration and maintenance of the integrity of native ecosystems.
In contrast, threatened or endangered species, such as grasshopper sparrow or northern pine snake and the habitats that support them, must clearly be managed with an intent to increase and improve habitat and thus increase populations.
NJAS supports measures that protect species and natural habitat throughout New Jersey and opposes policies that threaten the ecological integrity or sustainability of our ecosystems and native plants and wildlife. For this reason, we oppose this piece of legislation and respectfully urge you to do so as well. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Joanna Wolaver
Government Relations Director
New Jersey Audubon Society
142 West State Street, 4th Floor
Trenton, New Jersey 08608
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