To: Governor Bobby Jindal, Governor Rick Perry, Governor Phil Bryant, Governor Rick Scott, and Governor Kay Ivey
Create a Gulf Citizen Advisory Committee
A Gulf Citizens Advisory Committee is an essential piece of the process, without which the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council will lack the important resources and knowledge base of coastal residents and the citizen engagement needed for effective participation in implementing Gulf-wide ecosystem restoration plan.
A Gulf Citizen Advisory Committee must be established as soon as possible in order to inform the Council’s restoration plan, which is due in July 2013.
A Gulf Citizen Advisory Committee must be established as soon as possible in order to inform the Council’s restoration plan, which is due in July 2013.
Why is this important?
Outgoing EPA Administrator, Lisa Jackson, called on the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council to establish a Citizen Advisory Committee that would give a forum for participation by non-governmental organizations including environmental, conservation, fishing and community stakeholder groups in the development and implementation of a Gulf-wide restoration plan.
This committee is an essential piece of the process, without which the council will lack the important resources and knowledge base of coastal residents and the citizen engagement needed for effective participation in implementing Gulf-wide ecosystem restoration plan.
Please take a moment to share your support with your governor.
This committee is an essential piece of the process, without which the council will lack the important resources and knowledge base of coastal residents and the citizen engagement needed for effective participation in implementing Gulf-wide ecosystem restoration plan.
Please take a moment to share your support with your governor.