Hunting and Angling Groups Demand Climate Action
Five Pennsylvania sportsmen joined dozens of hunters and anglers from across the country in Washington, DC on February 12, 2008 to make sure Congress listens to the voice of sportsmen on global warming. They personally delivered a letter signed by 677 hunting and fishing groups representing all 50 states, including 63 groups from Pennsylvania.
The letter was also featured in a full-page ad in USA Today [1] (pdf).
- Read the sportsmen's letter to Congress [2]
- What Pennsylvania groups signed on? [2] (pdf)
- Read the PA press release [2] (pdf)
The message was clear:
- America needs to reduce greenhouse gases that are polluting the environment.
- Congress needs to provide wildlife professionals with the resources they need to ensure wildlife survives a changing climate.
It's not too late to sign this letter.
Add your group today! [3]
Photo: Ed Perry, Ken Undercoffer, Don Robertson, Jared Mott and Rick Spencer at the Pennsylvania press conference.
FACT SHEET:
Global Warming and Pennsylvania [3] (pdf)
The Union of Concerned Scientists and the Ecological Society of America estimate that by 2100, average summer temperatures in the state could increase between 7-9 degrees Fahrenheit depending on the extent to which greenhouse gas emissions are curbed. How will this impact wildlife?
Download [3] (pdf)
POLL RESULTS:
Pennsylvania Sportsmen Seeing Signs of Global Warming [3] (pdf)
According to a first-of-its-kind statewide survey, three out of four Pennsylvania hunters and anglers say they are witnessing the effects of global warming and are concerned about the threat it poses to fish and wildlife in the state.
Of those surveyed, 83 percent also said they want Pennsylvania to join seven other Northeast states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a regional effort to cut global warming pollution from power plants. Currently, Pennsylvania has not joined the effort, but has "observer" status.