Look below to locate your county and click beside your State Representative. Then fill out the form below and click submit to email your State Representative a letter to Save Our Pogies.
Reprentative Name
County
Cary D. Allred
Alamance
Alice L. Bordsen
Alamance
Mark W. Hollo
Alexander, Catawba
Jim Harrell, III
Alleghany, Surry
Pryor Gibson
Anson, Union
W. Eugene Wilson
Ashe, Watauga
Phillip Frye
Avery, Caldwell, Mitchell, Yancey
Arthur Williams
Beaufort, Pitt
Howard J. Hunter, Jr.
Bertie, Gates, Hertford, Perquimans
Edd Nye
Bladen, Cumberland
Bonner L. Stiller
Brunswick
Dewey L. Hill
Brunswick, Columbus
Susan C. Fisher
Buncombe
Bruce Goforth
Buncombe
Wilma M. Sherrill
Buncombe
Walter G. Church, Sr.
Burke
Mitch Gillespie
Burke, McDowell
Jeff Barnhart
Cabarrus
Linda P. Johnson
Cabarrus
Edgar V. Starnes
Caldwell
Bill Owens
Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Tyrrell
Jean R. Preston
Carteret, Jones
Bill Faison
Caswell, Orange
Mark K. Hilton
Catawba
Mitchell S. Setzer
Catawba, Iredell
Joe Hackney
Chatham, Moore, Orange
Roger West
Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon
Bill Culpepper
Chowan, Dare, Hyde, Washington
Tim Moore
Cleveland
Debbie A. Clary
Cleveland, Gaston
Bob England, M.D.
Cleveland, Rutherford
William L. Wainwright
Craven, Lenoir
Alice Graham Underhill
Craven, Pamlico
Margaret Highsmith Dickson
Cumberland
Rick Glazier
Cumberland
Marvin W. Lucas
Cumberland
Mary E. McAllister
Cumberland
Jerry C. Dockham
Davidson
Hugh Holliman
Davidson
Larry R. Brown
Davidson, Forsyth
Julia C. Howard
Davie, Iredell
Russell E. Tucker
Duplin, Onslow
Paul Luebke
Durham
Henry M. Michaux, Jr.
Durham
Paul Miller
Durham
W. A. (Winkie) Wilkins
Durham, Person
Jean Farmer-Butterfield
Edgecombe, Wilson
Joe P. Tolson
Edgecombe, Wilson
Dale R. Folwell
Forsyth
Wm. C. Bill McGee
Forsyth
Earline W. Parmon
Forsyth
Larry Womble
Forsyth
Lucy T. Allen
Franklin, Halifax, Nash
William A. Current, Sr.
Gaston
John M. Rayfield
Gaston
James W. Crawford, Jr.
Granville, Vance
Stephen A. LaRoque
Greene, Lenoir, Wayne
Alma Adams
Guilford
John M. Blust
Guilford
Mary Price Taylor Harrison
Guilford
Maggie Jeffus
Guilford
Earl Jones
Guilford
Laura I. Wiley
Guilford
John D. Hall
Halifax, Nash
David R. Lewis
Harnett
John Sauls
Harnett, Lee
R. Phillip Haire
Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain
Ray Rapp
Haywood, Madison, Yancey
Carolyn K. Justus
Henderson
Trudi Walend
Henderson, Polk, Transylvania
Garland E. Pierce
Hoke, Robeson, Scotland
Douglas Y. Yongue
Hoke, Robeson, Scotland
Karen B. Ray
Iredell
George M. Holmes
Iredell, Surry, Yadkin
N. Leo Daughtry
Johnston
James H. Langdon, Jr.
Johnston, Sampson
Joe L. Kiser
Lincoln
Edith D. Warren
Martin, Pitt
Martha B. Alexander
Mecklenburg
Jim B. Black
Mecklenburg
Becky Carney
Mecklenburg
W. Pete Cunningham
Mecklenburg
Beverly M. Earle
Mecklenburg
Jim Gulley
Mecklenburg
W. Edwin McMahan
Mecklenburg
John W. Rhodes
Mecklenburg
Drew Saunders
Mecklenburg
Doug Vinson
Mecklenburg
Melanie Wade Goodwin
Montgomery, Richmond
David Almond
Montgomery, Stanly, Union
Richard T. Morgan
Moore
Bill Daughtridge
Nash
Daniel F. McComas
New Hanover
Carolyn H. Justice
New Hanover, Pender
Thomas E. Wright
New Hanover, Pender
Michael H. Wray
Northampton, Vance, Warren
George G. Cleveland
Onslow
W. Robert Grady
Onslow
Verla Insko
Orange
Marian N. McLawhorn
Pitt
Harold J. Brubaker
Randolph
Arlie F. Culp
Randolph
Ronnie Sutton
Robeson
Nelson Cole
Rockingham
Bryan R. Holloway
Rockingham, Stokes
Lorene Coates
Rowan
Fred F. Steen, II
Rowan
Larry M. Bell
Sampson, Wayne
Curtis Blackwood
Union
Bernard Allen
Wake
J. Russell Capps
Wake
Linda Coleman
Wake
Nelson Dollar
Wake
Rick L. Eddins
Wake
Grier Martin
Wake
Deborah K. Ross
Wake
Paul Stam
Wake
Jennifer Weiss
Wake
Louis M. Pate, Jr.
Wayne
R. Tracy Walker
Wilkes
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Dear [recipient name will be inserted automatically if you clicked on their name]
I would like to inform you of an issue that is very important to me that I hope you will help support. As an avid sport fisherman, the lifeblood of game fish along our coast is a fish called a menhaden [also known as a pogy]. Virtually every fish that swims eats these baitfish as well as pelicans and porpoises. The fish are found in large schools of thousands of fish, generally right along the beaches within State controlled waters [3 miles]. The spring, summer, and fall months are the primary times when various game fish [King Mackerel, Cobia, Trout, Flounder, Tarpon] are migrating through our coastal waters and large commercial net boats are targeting the menhaden. Their "purse" seines have the capability to encircle large schools of these bait fish and in a matter of days can virtually wipe out the entire population along the entire coastal area. The result is the game fish, bird, and porpoises that depend upon these bait fish for their food source are deprived of their food source thus causing them to leave our waters in search of food sources in other areas. This has a negative impact on the multi million-dollar sport fishery that exists along our coast and therefore has long ranging effect on many aspects of our State's economy. When the baitfish are gone, the predator gamefish fish leave and when the gamefish leave the fishermen leave.
My request of you is to provide your support to the effort being established to "Save Our Pogies" [saveourpogies.com]. A bill will be introduced by Representative Bonner Stiller[Brunswick County] to ban commercial menhaden netting from our coastal waters Your support is greatly appreciated.
