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Letter to Presidential Candidates from Iowa Sportsmen Organizations:
"Dear Presidential Candidates, Our clubs and organizations represent many of the 600,000 hunters and anglers in Iowa. We are Republicans, Democrats and Independents; we are caucus goers and non-caucus goers. We are also Americans who care about wildlife, habitat and the environment... What solutions do you propose to reduce global warming pollution now, before it is too late? How will you ensure resources are made available to help wildlife cope with global warming? How will you help America become a world leader in solving this problem?"
- Full letter (with signers) [1] (.doc)
- Press release [1] (.doc)
Iowa Poll:
"Global Warming Important to Hunters and Anglers in Iowa" [1] (.doc)
Hunters and anglers know global warming is happening and many are already are witnessing the effects of a changing climate in the state, including warmer, shorter and rainier winters, declining snowfall and dwindling ice cover on lakes. They are concerned global warming threatens fishing, hunting and farming in Iowa. And above all they want to see leadership on solving global warming.
Key Poll Numbers:
69 percent of Iowa hunters and anglers agree global warming is currently occurring.
57 percent believe global warming is a threat to fishing in Iowa.
75 percent agree the U.S. should be a world leader in addressing global warming.
57 percent agree global warming is an urgent problem requiring immediate action.
9 percent of those hunters and anglers planning on voting in the Presidential caucuses have decided who they will vote for (with 55% entirely undecided).
Read the press release [1] or download the full results of the poll [1]. (pdf)
Fact Sheet:
"Global Warming and Iowa" [2] (.pdf)
How will global warming affect your state? The following fact sheet looks at how people, wildlife, habitat and the state's economy could change if global warming continues unabated.
Requires free Adobe Reader. [3]