Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Slow Down Pardner! Call Your Reps Today!



U. S. Rep. Blake Farenthold of Corpus Christi has allowed a group of fishermen to influence him. He has added Amendment #24 to House Bill HR 2584 that would allow fishermen to drive faster on the Padre Island National Seashore during the nesting season of the Kemp’s ridley sea turtles. As you all know, a sea turtle covered by sand, or hatchlings, will be doomed with people driving 25 mph down the beach.
This amendment is deadly for the sea turtles. Please call your representative at either a local office or in Washington. You can find their phone number by going to http://www.house.gov/ where you can enter your zip code to find the right person and how to contact him/her.
Ted Poe’s Washington office is 866-425-6565 if he is your representative. He is mine, so I asked that he strike, block or remove Amendment #24 to House Bill HR 2584.
Please help today and pass this message on to others. Thank you!


Carole H. Allen, Gulf Office DirectorSea Turtle Restoration Project (http://www.seaturtles.org/)And HEART (Help Endangered Animals-Ridley Turtles) www. ridleyturtles.orgP. O. B ox 681231Houston, Texas 77268-1231Phone and FAX 281-444-6204