President's Report

(from Jersey Coast Anglers Association October 2006 Newsletter)

Governor’s Surf Fishing Tournament

I’ll see you on the beach October First

Volunteers to measure fish and to serve as judges are needed. Contact Paul Smith at 732-899-2681. Visit www.njfishandwildlife.com  for more info.

Our Sportsperson-of-the-Year awards dinner/dance will be held on November 19^th at the Crystal Point Yacht Club in Pt. Pleasant.  Associate clubs in good standing are encouraged to submit, in writing, their nomination for the Sportsperson-of-the-Year Award.  The letter of nomination should be approximately 150 words detailing the nominee’s activities that have contributed to the improvement of recreational fishing.

Letters may be mailed to the JCAA office or hand carried to the September 26, 2006 General Meeting by your club representative.

Tickets are now available at $60.00 each or a table of ten for $500.00.  Tickets can be picked up at the General Meeting or obtained by calling the JCAA Office or by contacting Dan Miller at 609-641-7821 

We are still in need of raffle and door prize items.

The Outdoor Recreational Alliance funding initiative for fiscal year 2007 for the divisions of Fish and Wildlife and parks and Forestry is gathering momentum

The Outdoor Recreation Alliance (ORA) now represents over 55 environmental organizations, sportsmen’s groups, affordable housing advocates and environmental justice advocates working to secure a long-term stable source of funding for capital projects and operation, maintenance, stewardship and acquisition of New Jersey’s state and local parks and natural heritage conservation.

There will be a Public Question (Question #2) on the November 7, 2006 General Election Ballot. The purpose of this referendum is to create a stable source of funding for improvements and facilities for recreation and conservation purposes, etc. You can View the Notice of Public Question and the Interpretative Statement on the ORA website.

You will be seeing and hearing a lot about this in the next few months. One of the objectives of ORA is to obtain increased appropriations for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Divisions of Fish and Wildlife and Parks and Forestry and the Office of Natural Resources Restoration in the state budget.

Information will be available at the Governor’s Surf Fishing Tournament at Island Beach State Park

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