Step 2:
Email your legislature. Find your legislature’s information at the bottom of this page.
Subject line Suggestions:
- Re: SB 5509 – Put the Community Back in Marine Reserves
Or - Re: SB 5509 – Please Keep ODFW’s Marine Reserve Program Whole
Below the image, address your legislator: in 1-3 sentences explain why it’s important to you that the Marine Reserve budget stays whole. Be sure to sign off with your full name, what city/town/county you live in, and your job title if relevant.
Here is one example, but make it your own:
Dear Representative/Senator ___ (last name is fine)
I am urging you to reinstate the $187k biennium allocated for the Communications Project Leader of ODFW’s Marine Reserve Program. Positions like this are an important connection point between coastal communities and Marine Reserves, and our coastal communities suffer without that investment.
Thank you,
Your Name
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Joint Ways and Means Subcommittee on Natural Resources Members (highest priority)
- Rep Khan Pham(D) HD 46 serving SE Portland – Co-chair Rep.KhanhPham@oregonlegislature.gov
- Sen Michael Dembrow(D) SD 13 serving SE and NE Portland and the city of Maywood Park – Co-chair Sen.MichaelDembrow@oregonlegislature.gov
- Sen Dick Anderson(R) SD 5 serving all of Lincoln County and parts of Benton, Lane, Douglas and Coos counties – Sen.DickAnderson@oregonlegislature.gov
- Sen Lew Frederick(D) SD 22 serving N and NE Portland – Sen.LewFrederick@oregonlegislature.gov
- Rep Paul Holvey(D) HD 8 serving Southern Lane County, including Noti, Crow, Lorane, Elmira, Veneta and Eugene – Rep.PaulHolvey@oregonlegislature.gov
- Rep Bobby Levy(R) HD 58 serving NE Oregon – rep.BobbyLevy@oregonlegislature.gov
- Rep Emerson Levy(D) HD 53 serving north Bend, south Redmond, Tumalo, Sisters, Eagle Crest and Black Butte – Rep.EmersonLevy@oregonlegislature.gov
- Rep Mark Owens(R) HD60 serving Baker, Grant, Harney, Lake and Malheur Counties, and parts of Deschutes County- Rep.MarkOwens@oregonlegislature.gov
Full Joint Committee on Ways and Means
- Co-Chair Senator Elizabeth Steiner serving NW Portland and Beaverton
- Co-Chair Representative Tawna Sanchez serving N and NE Portland
- Co-Vice Chair Senator Fred Girod serving portions of Clackamas, Linn and Marion Counties
- Co-Vice Chair Representative David Gomberg serving Lincoln and Western Benton & Lane Counties
- Co-Vice Chair Representative Greg Smith serving Umatilla, Morrow, Gilliam, Sherman, Wheeler, Wasco, Jefferson, Marion & Clackamas Counties
- Member Senator Dick Anderson serving all of Lincoln County and parts of Benton, Lane, Douglas and Coos counties
- Member Senator Wlnsvey Campos serving Aloha
- Member Senator Michael Dembrow serving SE and NE Portland and the city of Maywood Park
- Member Senator Lynn Findley serving Baker, Crook, Grant, Harney, Lake, Malheur and Parts of Deschutes and Jefferson Counties
- Member Senator Lew Frederick serving N and NE Portland
- Member Senator Sara Gelser Blouin serving Albany, Corvallis, Philomath, Millersburg, Tangent and unincorporated areas of Linn and Benton Counties
- Member Senator Bill Hansell serving Wallowa, Union, Umatilla, Morrow, Gilliam, Sherman, and parts of Wasco Counties
- Member Senator Tim Knopp serving Bend, Redmond, Tumalo, Sisters, Black Butte, and Eagle Crest, as well as other parts of Deschutes County
- Member Senator Janeen Sollman serving Western Washington County, including areas of Banks, North Plains, Hillsboro, Forest Grove, Cornelius and Beaverton
- Member Representative Vikki Breese-Iverson serving Crook County and parts of Jefferson and Deschutes Counties
- Member Representative Jami Cate serving Linn County communities of Brownsville, Cascadia, Crabtree, Crawfordsville, Foster, Halsey, Harrisburg, Holley, Lacomb, Lebanon, Peoria, Santiam Junction, Scio, Shedd, Sodaville, Sweet Home, and Waterloo; and the Marion County communities of Jefferson and Marion
- Member Representative Paul Evans serving communities of Independence, Monmouth, and portions of South and West Salem
- Member Representative Paul Holvey serving Southern Lane County, including Noti, Crow, Lorane, Elmira, Veneta and Eugene
- Member Representative Rick Lewis serving portions of southern Clackamas and eastern Marion Counties
- Member Representative Susan McLain serving West Hillsboro, Cornelius, and Forest Grove
- Member Representative Khanh Pham serving SE Portland
- Member Representative E. Werner Reschke serving eastern edge of Bend, Deschutes River Woods, Sunriver, La Pine, Gilcrest, Chiloquin, Chemult, Chiloquin, Sprague River, Beatty, Bly, Bonanza, Dairy, Malin, Merrill and most of the south eastern parts of Klamath Falls
- Member Representative Andrea Valderrama serving outer east Portland
