help save our water resources

[Photuris]

I beg forgiveness if this is inappropriate for this newsgroup.

Here is a chance for you to do something positive about our nation's
water resources!  Join the grassroots cooperators who have 
successfully fought to have the Corps of Engineers Aquatic Plant 
Control Program put back into the 1996 federal budget.  The U.S. 
Senate has gotten the message that this program is essential to 
protect our nation's lakes, reservoirs, and rivers.  Now, we must 
convince the House of Representatives.  Your message will be heard 
if you ACT NOW! Make a difference in the future of our natural 
resources. 



	ACTION ALERT


Please write, call, or fax your support for continued funding of 
the Corps of Engineers Aquatic Plant Control Program (APCP) as soon 
as possible to the House and Senate members listed below.  The APCP 
has been funded at $5 million by the Senate, but not funded by the 
House. The House and Senate will meet in the next few weeks to work 
out differences between their appropriations bills, and the APCP 
needs your support.  Please mention these critical points when you 
contact members of Congress or their staffs:


1.  You agree with the Senate that the Corps APCP funding must 
continue if the many weed-infested lakes, reservoirs, and rivers 
nationwide are to be kept from being choked by exotic aquatic weeds.

2.  You believe that without this program, states will lose 
national coordination, and subsequently their battle to control 
aquatic weeds, resulting in ecological damage, water quality 
degradation, disruption of water resource usage (municipal, 
industrial, and recreational) , lower property values, lost revenue,
and greater risk of flood damage.

3.  You urge the House-Senate conferees to maintain the $5 million 
funding level established by the Senate Appropriations Committee, to
undertake the highest priority activities.


Please target your contacts to the following members:

	House Conferees

Addresses:  (Rayburn (RHOB), Cannon (CHOB), or Longworth (LHOB) House 
Office Buildings, U.S. House of 
Representatives, Washington, D.C.  20515

					phone	fax
Representative		address	  	(area code 202)	staff

John Meyers (R-IN)	2372 RHOB	225-5805  -1649	Doug Waisltis

Harold Rogers (R-KY)	2468 RHOB	225-4601  -0940	Kevin Fromer

Joe Knollenberg (R-MI)	1221 LHOB	225-5802  -2356	David
Cherington

Frank Riggs (R-CA)	1714 LHOB	225-3311  -7710	Mark Davis

R. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)	 514 CHOB	225-5034	Ed Krenik

Jim Bunn (R-OR)		1517 LHOB	225-5711  -2994	David Reinhart

Tom Bevill (D-AL)	2302 RHOB	225-4876  -1504	Claudle Wear

Vic Fazio (D-CA)	2113 RHOB	225-5716  -0354	Janice Morris
  e-mail:  dcaucus at hr.house.gov

Jim Chapman (D-TX)	2417 RHOB	225-3035  -7265	Jeanne Wolak


	Senate Conferees

Addresses: Dickson (DSOB), Russell (RSOB), or Hait (HSOB) Senate
Office 
Building, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.  20510

Senator			address		phone	  fax	staff
					(Area Code 202)

Pete Domenici (R-NM)	328 HSOB	224-6621  -7371	Carol Maguire
  e-mail:  senator_domenici at domenici.senate.gov

Mark Hatfield (R-OR)	711 HSOB	224-3753  -0726	Dave Gwaitney

Thad Cochran (R-MS)	326 RSOB	224-5054  -9450	Mitch Kugler

Slade Gorton (R-WA)	730 HSOB	224-3441  -9393	Julie Kays
  e-mail:  senator_gorton at gorton.senate.gov

Mitch McConnell (R-KY)	353 RSOB	224-2541  -2499	Scott O'Malla

Robert Bennett (R-VT)	427 DSOB	224-5444	Tim Stewart

Conrad Burns (R-MT)	183 DSOB	224-2644  -8594	Tom Fulton
  e-mail:  conrad_burns at burns.senate.gov

Bennett Johnston (D-LA)	138 HSOB	224-5824  -2952	Kaylan Walker
  e-mail:  senator at johnston.senate.gov

Robert Byrd (D-WV)	311 HSOB	224-3954  -8070	Sue Masica

Ernest Hollings (D-SC)	125 RSOB	224-6121  -4293	Lyle Helms
  e-mail:  senator at hollings.senate.gov

Harry Reid (D-NV)	324 HSOB	224-3542  -7327	Ray Martinez
  e-mail:  senator_reid at reid.senate.gov

Bob Kerrey (D-NE)	308 HSOB	224-6551  -7645	Marcy McPherson
  e-mail:  bob at kerrey.senate.gov

Patty Murray (D-WA)	111 RSOB	224-2621  -0238	Maria Marvin
  e-mail:  senator_murray at murray.senate.gov


Conferees will be chosen from these lists later this month (August): 
contacting any and all will help.  Staff members listed are those 
responsible for Corps of Engineers budget appropriations, and advise 
members how to vote.  If you wish to speak to someone regarding this 
issue, these are the points of contact.



I am attempting to locate additional e-mail addresses for House and 
Senate
members and their staffs to make contacting them easier for you.  I
will 
post what I can in the next day or so.  If you require further 
information,
please e-mail:

photuris at onramp.net



Thank you for your concern and efforts