Advocacy Letter #2
The following letter should be e-mailed to the two Legislators representing the district you live in, and a Cc should be e-mailed to the key Legislators listed at the end of the letter. A Cc should also be sent by regular mail to the DEC Director, Division of Fish, Wildlife, and Marine Resources, also listed below.
Use the blank space to include your mailing address, email, phone number, name at bottom OR paste this letter onto your own letterhead.
If you prefer that NY Dove Hunting forwards your letter to the proper channels use this link: http://nydovehunting.weebly.com/contact-us.html
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Date
Mailing Address
Email
Phone
Subject: Support Mourning Dove Hunting
Dear Assembly Member (http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/search/)
Dear Senator (https://www.nysenate.gov/find-my-senator )
I am writing to you on behalf of myself and the members of ___________________________ to ask for action in reinstating a mourning dove hunting season in NY.
In the early 1900’s most states banned wild turkey hunting and around 25 banned mourning dove hunting. Most of these bans were reversed between 1970 and 1995. Today, wild turkey hunting is allowed in 49 states and mourning dove hunting is allowed in 41 states.
NY’s first modern wild turkey hunting season was in the fall of 1959; one year after the Legislature granted the Conservation Department the authority to regulate turkey hunting. The Legislature has not however, authorized the DEC to set a mourning dove hunting season.
Never the less, there is an interest in dove hunting among some NY hunters and mourning dove populations can indeed sustain hunting in NY. Please refer to the attached Fact Sheet or go to : http://nydovehunting.weebly.com/mourning-dove-fact-sheet.html for specific information.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Your Organization
Cc:
Assembly Speaker
Carl Heastie
District 83
LOB 932
Albany, NY 12248
518-455-3791
EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected]
Assembly Chairman of the Environmental Conservation Committee
Steve Englebright
District 4
LOB 621
Albany, NY 12248
518-455-4804
EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected]
Senate Majority Leader / Senate President
Senator John J. Flanagan
Room 330, State Capitol Building
Albany , NY 12247
Phone: 518-455-2071
EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected]
Senate Chairman of Environmental Conservation Committee
Thomas F. O'Mara
Legislative Office Building Room 307
Albany , NY 12247
Phone: 518-455-2091
Fax: 518-426-6976
EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected]
Director, Division of Fish, Wildlife, and Marine Resources
Patricia Riexinger
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Game Management Section
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12233-4754
Use the blank space to include your mailing address, email, phone number, name at bottom OR paste this letter onto your own letterhead.
If you prefer that NY Dove Hunting forwards your letter to the proper channels use this link: http://nydovehunting.weebly.com/contact-us.html
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Date
Mailing Address
Phone
Subject: Support Mourning Dove Hunting
Dear Assembly Member (http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/search/)
Dear Senator (https://www.nysenate.gov/find-my-senator )
I am writing to you on behalf of myself and the members of ___________________________ to ask for action in reinstating a mourning dove hunting season in NY.
In the early 1900’s most states banned wild turkey hunting and around 25 banned mourning dove hunting. Most of these bans were reversed between 1970 and 1995. Today, wild turkey hunting is allowed in 49 states and mourning dove hunting is allowed in 41 states.
NY’s first modern wild turkey hunting season was in the fall of 1959; one year after the Legislature granted the Conservation Department the authority to regulate turkey hunting. The Legislature has not however, authorized the DEC to set a mourning dove hunting season.
Never the less, there is an interest in dove hunting among some NY hunters and mourning dove populations can indeed sustain hunting in NY. Please refer to the attached Fact Sheet or go to : http://nydovehunting.weebly.com/mourning-dove-fact-sheet.html for specific information.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Your Organization
Cc:
Assembly Speaker
Carl Heastie
District 83
LOB 932
Albany, NY 12248
518-455-3791
EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected]
Assembly Chairman of the Environmental Conservation Committee
Steve Englebright
District 4
LOB 621
Albany, NY 12248
518-455-4804
EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected]
Senate Majority Leader / Senate President
Senator John J. Flanagan
Room 330, State Capitol Building
Albany , NY 12247
Phone: 518-455-2071
EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected]
Senate Chairman of Environmental Conservation Committee
Thomas F. O'Mara
Legislative Office Building Room 307
Albany , NY 12247
Phone: 518-455-2091
Fax: 518-426-6976
EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected]
Director, Division of Fish, Wildlife, and Marine Resources
Patricia Riexinger
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Game Management Section
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12233-4754