NEWS! PETITION DRIVE IS ON
Please sign our online Petition to CA Fish and Wildlife on this page
We have launched our drive to collect signatures for our petition to the CA Department of Fish and Wildlife (formerly the CA Department of Fish and Game) to end waterfowl hunting in the Tomales Bay Ecological Reserve.
SPECIAL NOTE! If you have previously submitted the online questionnaire and comment but have NOT signed the petition, we need you to please sign the petition below (or in person) in order for us to be able to submit it to CA Fish and Wildlife. THANK YOU from all of us and the ducks and geese!!!
Our mission is to stop waterfowl hunting in the Tomales Bay Ecological Reserve, currently administered by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Waterfowl hunting in this reserve kills migrating ducks and geese accessing the adjoining sanctuary: the Giacomini Wetlands in Point Reyes Station, negatively impacts wildlife in the area, creates an unacceptable noise disturbance for our bayside communities, and puts recreational users of the bay at risk.
The waterfowl hunting season in the Tomales Bay Ecological Reserve (TBER) began on Saturday October 20th and continued 100 consecutive days until Sunday January 27th, 2013. Shooting was allowed to begin 30 minutes before sunrise until 30 minutes after sunset (It began October 20: 6:53 am to 6:26 pm, and last day January 27th 6:48 am to 5:28 pm.) Each hunter each permitted day is allowed to kill 7 ducks and 8 geese in the reserve. The Tomales Bay Ecological Reserve (TBER) is immediately adjacent to the recently created Giacomini Wetlands Sanctuary. (See: http://www.calwaterfowl.org/regulations) Many hundreds of homes are in this immediate vicinity. The Point Reyes area receives over 2.3 million visitors annually. The hunting area is very popular and heavily used by hikers, bird watchers, kayakers and artists. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, less than 1% of California residents hunt, and that percentage is likely even smaller in Marin County.
Please sign our online Petition to CA Fish and Wildlife on this page
We have launched our drive to collect signatures for our petition to the CA Department of Fish and Wildlife (formerly the CA Department of Fish and Game) to end waterfowl hunting in the Tomales Bay Ecological Reserve.
SPECIAL NOTE! If you have previously submitted the online questionnaire and comment but have NOT signed the petition, we need you to please sign the petition below (or in person) in order for us to be able to submit it to CA Fish and Wildlife. THANK YOU from all of us and the ducks and geese!!!
Our mission is to stop waterfowl hunting in the Tomales Bay Ecological Reserve, currently administered by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Waterfowl hunting in this reserve kills migrating ducks and geese accessing the adjoining sanctuary: the Giacomini Wetlands in Point Reyes Station, negatively impacts wildlife in the area, creates an unacceptable noise disturbance for our bayside communities, and puts recreational users of the bay at risk.
The waterfowl hunting season in the Tomales Bay Ecological Reserve (TBER) began on Saturday October 20th and continued 100 consecutive days until Sunday January 27th, 2013. Shooting was allowed to begin 30 minutes before sunrise until 30 minutes after sunset (It began October 20: 6:53 am to 6:26 pm, and last day January 27th 6:48 am to 5:28 pm.) Each hunter each permitted day is allowed to kill 7 ducks and 8 geese in the reserve. The Tomales Bay Ecological Reserve (TBER) is immediately adjacent to the recently created Giacomini Wetlands Sanctuary. (See: http://www.calwaterfowl.org/regulations) Many hundreds of homes are in this immediate vicinity. The Point Reyes area receives over 2.3 million visitors annually. The hunting area is very popular and heavily used by hikers, bird watchers, kayakers and artists. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, less than 1% of California residents hunt, and that percentage is likely even smaller in Marin County.
THANK YOU FOR SIGNING THE PETITION!
