The bill that puts the cart before the horse to privatize the fish hatcheries targeted by Gov. Gregoire for closure is in the House Rules Committee, which schedules votes of bills for the full House.
Please call your House member at 1-800-562-6000 to oppose SHB 1951, the fish hatchery public-private partnership bill. The bill has until March 12 to pass the House, so there’s time to stop it now. It’s tied to the governor’s all-cuts budget, and we need to oppose the all-cuts approach. So while calling to oppose SHB 1951, also ask your House members to oppose the all-cuts budget, HB 1244 and SB 5600.
Fish and Wildlife members come to Olympia Wednesday for their lobby day to deliver the message against SHB 1951. The governor has put seven hatcheries on the chopping block: Mossyrock, McKernan, Bellingham, Palmer Ponds, Arlington, Colville and Omak. Among other things, closure cuts the $900 million generated by hatcheries for the economy. And it diminishes the preservation of a valuable resource.
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