Washington State Representative Hans Dunshee of the 39th District spoke at the Sky Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited meeting Tuesday night (10/19) and indicated that WDFW has included Reiter Ponds into the their overall departmental operating budget proposal due to be presented to the Legislature in Olympia during the special session starting January 10, 2000.
Hans indicated that it was imperative that people contact Governor Gary Locke and encourage the Governor to also include Reiter into the Budget. Governor Locke's e-mail address is:

governor.locke@governor.wa.gov

Hans also asks that people from outside the Snohomish/King County region i.e.; Bellingham, Olympia, Vancouver, Wenatchee, Spokane, etc., contact their own Representatives and make them aware of the funding problem at Reiter then notify Hans of this contact so he can approach these Legislators during budget discussions and reaffirm the need to secure funding for Reiter Ponds. Hans e-mail address is:

dunshee_ha@leg.wa.gov (Hans Dunshee)

Please forward this message to anyone who might help.

Thank you

Gary Bee
Sky Valley Chapter
Trout Unlimited