Sample Letter to Sec. Zinke Re: TAMWG
Sample Letter to Sec. Zinke Re: TAMWG
Send to exsec@ios.doi.gov or mail to Secretary Ryan Zinke, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, NW Washington DC, 20240.
Email subject: Public Comment – Reinstate Trinity Adaptive Management Working Group
Dear Secretary Zinke,
I disagree with the recent decision to deactivate the Trinity Adaptive Management Working Group (TAMWG), a primary component of the Trinity River Restoration Program. TAMWG is comprised of volunteers, a diverse group of stakeholders that provides valuable input to the Trinity Management Council. Taking away their input is taking away the public’s crucial opportunity to be closely involved in decisions affecting the Trinity River. Without the working group, stakeholder engagement will be limited to only the public comment period during Trinity Management Council meetings, which will not satisfy the public’s capacity to provide input.
I encourage the Department of the Interior to immediately re-instate the Trinity Adaptive Management Working Group.
Sincerely,
[Your name]
[City, State]
9 Comments
The Trinity Adaptive Management Working Group does important volunteer work and is a valuable resource to government agencies (both state and federal) in the management of the Trinity River. It is hard to imagine any reason that the Department of the Interior would wish to disband this group other than some nefarious plan to reduce protections for this rare river and its anadromous fish populations.
Pleas allow us to protect and enhance this public environmental resource.
Please allow us to protect this great river & it’s envirement.
Please reinstate TAM working group, Thank you
Keep meeting! Send the minutes to Interior staff that used to attend, Zinke’s office, Congress, the local and national media and all stakeholders. Pass a resolution at each meeting to reinstate TAM, get your Congressional rep’s ear. Work with your rep to pressure Interior to participate in TAM.
Please continue to allow the TAM input and participation in the management of the Trinity river.
I’ve been fly fishing the Trinity in pursuit of Steelhead for over 40 years. Please restore this magnificent river to its former greatness.
Why was the group canceled, who canceled it, how did they cancel it, where is the letter or email, lets see it. These are important details that Cal Trout has left out.
Hi Thomas, this specific page features just the sample email that we’ve provided our followers with to use if they wish. We did not leave any information out on the disbanding of TAMWG. It can be found here in our blog that was emailed to our member base yesterday: https://caltrout.org/2017/12/trout-clout-speak-trinity-river/. As we mentioned, the Department of the Interior has deactivated the group, for reasons many say are unclear. For more reading, see recent article in the Times Standard: http://www.times-standard.com/article/NJ/20171204/NEWS/171209940.