Habitat & Conservation  |  03/13/2019

Action Alert: Tell OK Senators to Vote NO on Senate Bill 703!


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UPDATE: YOU did it!!!! Thanks to your support, the Senate just adjourned, effectively killing ALL THE WILDLIFE BILLS on Thursday's docket, including SB703.

Thursday was the final day for bills to be heard in the Senate for passage to the House. There are several bills that made it earlier in the week to the House and may be heard there or approved and sent back to the Senate for a final, but that's a battle for another day.

The bottom line for today is that most of the 35+ wildlife bills, including SB 703 - which would have had dire implications for the future of public lands in Oklahoma - did not make it this year. Thank you to all the committed Quail Forever members who made their voices heard. Today was a big win for quail, quail hunters, and public lands in Oklahoma.

THANK YOU to ALL of you who contacted your representatives!!!!! Your voice DID make a difference!!!!



Oklahoman Quail Forever Supporters:

Legislation is currently making its way through the Oklahoma Senate that would freeze the ability of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) to buy or lease additional public lands in the state for the purposes of hunting and fishing.

We need your voice TODAY in opposition of Senate Bill 703 to protect the outdoor heritage of all Oklahomans! The Senate is set to debate the bill on the floor tomorrow morning, March 14th.
 

SB 703 Action Requested:


Call or email members of the Oklahoma Senate (http://www.oksenate.gov/senators/) as soon as possible and let them know you oppose SB 703 ahead of tomorrow’s Senate debate.
 

Quail Forever Collective Messaging for SB 703:


Dear Senator,

Please oppose Senate Bill 703 in its current form. The act of freezing public lands funds for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is a major step in the wrong direction for private landowners and public lands users throughout the state.

Senate Bill 703 violates individual property rights by preventing landowners from selling, leasing or gifting their lands to ODWC if they so choose. Additionally, ODWC currently owns less than 1% of land in the state; property that is coveted by hunters and fisherman and supports a massive outdoor economy throughout Oklahoma.

More public land throughout the state equates to greater income brought to small towns by public lands users (resident and non-resident), an opportunity for the Department to work with young farmers for purposes of cropping, grazing or haying, and further taxes paid by ODWC in support of rural economies.

Let’s work together and support more funding for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation to carry out its mission - not handcuff private landowners and public lands users with Senate Bill 703.

 

Senator Contact Info


Senator Name
District
Email
Phone



Adam Pugh
OK041
pugh@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5622

Allison Ikley-Freeman
OK037
Ikley-Freeman@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5600

Bill Coleman
OK010
coleman@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5581

Brenda Stanley
OK042
stanley@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5584

Brent Howard
OK038
howard@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5612

Carri Hicks
OK040
hicks@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5543

Casey Murdock
OK027
murdock@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5626

Charles Hall
OK020
hall@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5628

Chris Kidd
OK031
kidd@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5563

Darcy A. Jech
OK026
jech@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5545

Darrell Weaver
OK024
weaver@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5569

Dave Rader
OK039
rader@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5620

David Bullard
OK006
bullard@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5586

Dewayne Pemberton
OK009
permberton@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5533

Frank Simpson
OK014
simpson@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5607

Gary Stanislawski
OK035
stanislawski@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5624

George E. Young
OK048
young@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5531

Greg McCortney
OK013
mccortney@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5541

Greg Treat
OK047
treat@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5632

J.J. Dossett
OK034
dossett@oksenate.gov
405) 521-5566

James M. Leewright
OK012
leewright@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5528

Jason N. Smalley
OK028
smalley@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5547

Joe Newhouse
OK025
newhouse@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5675

John Haste
OK036
haste@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5602

John M. Montgomery
OK032
montgomery@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5567

Joseph W. Silk
OK005
silk@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5614

Julia Kirt
OK030
kirt@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5636

Julie Daniels
OK029
daniels@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5634

Kay Floyd
OK046
floyd@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5610

Kevin L. Matthews
OK011
matthews@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5598

Larry Boggs
OK007
boggs@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5604

Lonnie Paxton
OK023
paxton@oksenate.gov
405) 521-5537

Mark D. Allen
OK004
allen@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5576

Marty L. Quinn
OK002
quinn@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5555

Mary B. Boren
OK016
boren@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5553

Micheal Bergstrom
OK001
bergstrom@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5561

Nathan Dahm
OK033
dahm@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5551

Paul Rosino
OK045
rosino@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5618

Paul Scott
OK043
paul.scott@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5522

Rob Standridge
OK015
standridge@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5535

Roger Thompson
OK008
thompson@oksenate.gov
405) 521-5588

Roland Pederson
OK019
pederson@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5630

Ron Sharp
OK017
sharp@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5539

Stephanie Bice
OK022
bice@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5592

Tom J. Dugger
OK021
dugger@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5572

Wayne Shaw
OK003
shaw@oksenate.gov
(405) 521-5574