We need your help now! The New Hampshire Lakes Association (NH LAKES) and the Loon Preservation Committee (LPC) are asking for your help to protect the loon population by signing this petition.
The bill (SB224), which will prohibit the use and sale of (the metal) lead tackle that is known for killing many of our loons, is at a critical juncture in the New Hampshire Legislature. Your actions in the next week could be the difference between success and failure.
By signing this petition, you are standing up for the protection of New Hampshire’s loons and supporting legislation prohibiting the use and sale of certain sized lead fishing tackle, resulting in the use of non-lead materials. Ending the use of lead in these sizes of tackle will protect New Hampshire's loons from this entirely avoidable cause of death.
Take action now- Simply sign this petition and contact your State Representative and the members of the House Fish and Game and Marine Resources Committee, telling them that SB224 “ought to pass.”
For more information on this legislation:
LOONS AND LEAD: A DOZEN DETAILS
Background of the Proposed Amendment to SB224
Contact information for the Fish and Game and Marine Resources Committee;
Chairman: Clifford Newton (603)332-5643
V. Chairman: Dennis Reed [email protected]
Clerk: Joe Duarte [email protected]
Betsy McKinney [email protected]
Michael McCarthy [email protected]
Tyler Simpson [email protected]
James Webb [email protected]
Benjamin Lefebvre [email protected]
Leo Pepino [email protected]
Norman Tregenza [email protected]
Daniel Carr [email protected]
Dick Patten [email protected]
Richard Okerman [email protected]
Marc Tremblay [email protected]
David Watters [email protected]
Jenna Roberts [email protected]
Updates
April 23, 2012
We just hit 1,000 signatures to protect our loons. Call your State Representative right now to demand they support SB 224. Send this link to three people today so we keep this momentum moving forward.
Reached 1,000 supporters
April 23, 2012
April 22, 2012
We are approaching one thousand signatures and need a final push to force the committee to take SB 224 seriously. Post this link on your Facebook page right now. Email your representative today and tell them SB 224 must pass.
Reached 100 supporters
April 10, 2012
6 Comments
It breaks my heart to see them sick. NH lakes won't be the same without them.
Just ban the stuff already. Its poison anyway.
About time we got this done. Loon populations are already struggling enough as it is.
LEAVE THE LOONS ALONE! We have plenty of other options for tackle. Pass this bill now.
seen a loon die from this before and it was horrible. never again.
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We need your help now! The New Hampshire Lakes Association (NH LAKES) and the Loon Preservation Committee (LPC) are asking for your help to protect the loon population by signing this petition.
The bill (SB224), which will prohibit the use and sale of (the metal) lead tackle that is known for killing many of our loons, is at a critical juncture in the New Hampshire Legislature. Your actions in the next week could be the difference between success and failure.
By signing this petition, you are standing up for the protection of New Hampshire’s loons and supporting legislation prohibiting the use and sale of certain sized lead fishing tackle, resulting in the use of non-lead materials. Ending the use of lead in these sizes of tackle will protect New Hampshire's loons from this entirely avoidable cause of death.
Take action now- Simply sign this petition and contact your State Representative and the members of the House Fish and Game and Marine Resources Committee, telling them that SB224 “ought to pass.”
For more information on this legislation:
LOONS AND LEAD: A DOZEN DETAILS
Background of the Proposed Amendment to SB224
Contact information for the Fish and Game and Marine Resources Committee;
Chairman: Clifford Newton (603)332-5643
V. Chairman: Dennis Reed [email protected]
Clerk: Joe Duarte [email protected]
Betsy McKinney [email protected]
Michael McCarthy [email protected]
Tyler Simpson [email protected]
James Webb [email protected]
Benjamin Lefebvre [email protected]
Leo Pepino [email protected]
Norman Tregenza [email protected]
Daniel Carr [email protected]
Dick Patten [email protected]
Richard Okerman [email protected]
Marc Tremblay [email protected]
David Watters [email protected]
Jenna Roberts [email protected]
Updates
April 23, 2012
We just hit 1,000 signatures to protect our loons. Call your State Representative right now to demand they support SB 224. Send this link to three people today so we keep this momentum moving forward.
Reached 1,000 supporters
April 23, 2012
April 22, 2012
We are approaching one thousand signatures and need a final push to force the committee to take SB 224 seriously. Post this link on your Facebook page right now. Email your representative today and tell them SB 224 must pass.
Reached 100 supporters
April 10, 2012
6 Comments
My husband and I fish all the time and we have stopped using lead. Its so easy to switch to steel. No reason to keep hurting the birds.
It breaks my heart to see them sick. NH lakes won't be the same without them.
Just ban the stuff already. Its poison anyway.
About time we got this done. Loon populations are already struggling enough as it is.
LEAVE THE LOONS ALONE! We have plenty of other options for tackle. Pass this bill now.
seen a loon die from this before and it was horrible. never again.
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My husband and I fish all the time and we have stopped using lead. Its so easy to switch to steel. No reason to keep hurting the birds.