The Jackson
Hole Conservation Alliance is a member of the Campaign
for the Snake Headwaters, a broad coalition
of outfitters, river users, business owners,
landowners and conservationists who have been
working for the past several years to gain protection
for the best remaining free-flowing rivers and
native trout fisheries of Wyoming's Snake River
drainage.
Thanks in part to the coalition's efforts, on May
3, 2007, U.S. Sen. Craig Thomas introduced the
Snake Headwaters Legacy Act, a bill to
protect about 400 miles of 13 rivers and creeks
in northwest Wyoming from threats such as water
quality degradation and dam building by including
them in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Following Sen. Thomas' untimely death from leukemia
in June 2007, Wyoming's new Sen. John Barrasso
has continued in Thomas' footsteps, with some
success. On May 7, 2008, the Senate Energy and
Natural Resources Committee passed the Snake
River bill by a 12-10 vote, so now it moves
to the Senate floor.
We encourage everyone to contact Sen. Barrasso
to express appreciation for his work to
protect the headwaters of the Snake River:
Sen. John Barrasso, 307 Dirksen Senate Office Building,
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: (202) 224-6441 or toll free at 866-235-9553
Fax: (202) 224-1724
Email via: http://barrasso.senate.gov/public
Please
also consider urging the other two members of
Wyoming’s congressional delegation to likewise
honor Sen. Thomas’ legacy:
U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi
379 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510, (202) 224-3424,
Email via: http://enzi.senate.gov/public
U.S. Rep. Barbara Cubin
1114 Longworth, HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515, (202) 225-2311,
Email via: http://www.house.gov/cubin/zip_auth.shtml
Please visit www.snakeheadwaters.org for updates,
and click Snake
Headwaters Legacy Act for background information.
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