ACTION ALERT | FUNDING FOR CWD MANAGEMENT
Over 700,000 Michiganders hunt deer, providing hundreds of thousands of pounds of venison to Michigan families and supporting a $2.3 billion economic impact in our state. However, Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) threatens the future of deer hunting. CWD is an always-fatal disease affecting cervids like deer and elk through the spread of infected proteins called prions.
Though it has not been proven to affect humans, the Center for Disease Control advises against eating meat from an affected deer. In some Wisconsin counties, over 40% of bucks have CWD. In some areas of Wyoming, infected mule deer herds are predicted to be locally extinct within 40 years due to CWD. It’s not too late to stop this from happening in Michigan, though.
That is why it is imperative that the Legislature appropriate funds sufficient for the DNR and their partner agencies to conduct the surveillance and testing necessary to monitor and prevent the spread of CWD in Michigan. We are calling for a $1 million General Fund appropriation for wildlife disease management in the Michigan DNR’s Fiscal Year 2017 Budget.
Contact your legislator today and ask them to fund the fight against CWD!
This is a top funding priority of MUCC and we are asking our members to contact each legislative committee member to ask them to include this funding in the final appropriations bill. Read along for their contact information.
Photo courtesy of Wisconsin DNR, via CWD-info.org
House Appropriations Committee
If you live in any of the following legislator’s districts, please mention this when calling or emailing their office. If you are unsure of your Michigan House District, you can find yours here: http://www.house.mi.gov/mhrpublic/
| District | Name | Party | Location | Phone | |
| 59 | Aaron Miller | R | N0993 HOB | 517-373-0832 | AaronMiller@house.mi.gov |
| 79 | Chairman Al Pscholka | R | 351 CB | 517-373-1403 | AlPscholka@house.mi.gov |
| 73 | Chris Afendoulis | R | N1092 HOB | 517-373-0218 | ChrisAfendoulis@house.mi.gov |
| 90 | Daniela Garcia | R | N1194 HOB | 517-373-0830 | DanielaGarcia@house.mi.gov |
| 78 | Dave Pagel | R | N1097 HOB | 517-373-1796 | DavePagel@house.mi.gov |
| 64 | Earl Poleski | R | N0998 HOB | 517-373-1795 | EarlPoleski@house.mi.gov |
| 84 | Edward Canfield | R | S1188 HOB | 517-373-0476 | EdwardCanfield@house.mi.gov |
| 62 | John Bizon | R | N0996 HOB | 517-373-0555 | DRJohnBizon@house.mi.gov |
| 100 | Jon Bumstead | R | S1289 HOB | 517-373-7317 | JonBumstead@house.mi.gov |
| 104 | Larry Inman | R | S1388 HOB | 517-373-1766 | LarryInman@house.mi.gov |
| 19 | Laura Cox | R | N0698 HOB | 517-373-3920 | LauraCox@house.mi.gov |
| 40 | Michael McCready | R | S0889 HOB | 517-373-8670 | MikeMcCready@house.mi.gov |
| 57 | Nancy Jenkins | R | N0991 HOB | 517-373-1706 | NancyJenkins@house.mi.gov |
| 83 | Paul Muxlow | R | S1187 HOB | 517-373-0835 | PaulMuxlow@house.mi.gov |
| 102 | Phil Potvin | R | S1386 HOB | 517-373-1747 | PhilPotvin@house.mi.gov |
| 74 | Rob VerHeulen | R | N1093 HOB | 517-373-8900 | RobVerHeulen@house.mi.gov |
| 88 | Roger Victory | R | N1192 HOB | 517-373-1830 | RogerVictory@house.mi.gov |
| 94 | Tim Kelly | R | N1198 HOB | 517-373-0837 | TimKelly@house.mi.gov |
| 55 | Adam Zemke | D | S0989 HOB | 517-373-1792 | AdamZemke@house.mi.gov |
| 1 | Brian Banks | D | S0585 HOB | 517-373-0154 | BrianBanks@house.mi.gov |
| 5 | Fred Durhal | D | S0589 HOB | 517-373-0844 | FredDurhal@house.mi.gov |
| 9 | Harvey Santana | D | S0688 HOB | 517-373-6990 | HarveySantana@house.mi.gov |
| 25 | Henry Yanez | D | S0789 HOB | 517-373-2275 | HenryYanez@house.mi.gov |
| 53 | Jeff Irwin | D | S0987 HOB | 517-373-2577 | JeffIrwin@house.mi.gov |
| 60 | Jon Hoadley | D | N0994 HOB | 517-373-1785 | JonHoadley@house.mi.gov |
| 21 | Kristy Pagan | D | S0785 HOB | 517-373-2575 | KristyPagan@house.mi.gov |
| 48 | Pam Faris | D | N0897 HOB | 517-373-7557 | PamFaris@house.mi.gov |
| 69 | Sam Singh | D | 141 CB | 517-373-1786 | SamSingh@house.mi.gov |
| 18 | Sarah Roberts | D | N0697 HOB | 517-373-1180 | SarahRoberts@house.mi.gov |
Senate Appropriations Committee
If you live in any of the following legislator’s districts, please mention this when calling or emailing their office. If you are unsure of your Michigan Senate District, you can find yours here: http://www.senate.michigan.gov/fysbyaddress.html
| District | Party | First | Last | Office | Phone | Email Address |
| 35 | REP | Darwin | Booher | 720 Farnum Bldg. | (517) 373-1725 | SenDBooher@senate.michigan.gov |
| 31 | REP | Mike | Green | 805 Farnum Bldg. | (517) 373-1777 | SenMGreen@senate.michigan.gov |
| 34 | REP | Goeff | Hansen | 420 Farnum Bldg. | (517) 373-1635 | SenGHansen@senate.michigan.gov |
| 29 | REP | David | Hildenbrand | S-324 Capitol Bldg. | (517) 373-1801 | SenDHildenbrand@senate.michigan.gov |
| 13 | REP | Marty | Knollenberg | 520 Farnum Bldg. | (517) 373-2523 | No Email |
| 28 | REP | Peter | MacGregor | 715 Farnum Bldg. | (517) 373-0797 | SenPMacGregor@senate.michigan.gov |
| 12 | REP | Jim | Marleau | S-2 Capitol Bldg | (517) 373-2417 | jimmarleau@senate.michigan.gov |
| 19 | REP | Mike | Nofs | S-132 Capitol Bldg. | (517) 373-2426 | senmnofs@senate.michigan.gov |
| 21 | REP | John | Proos | S-8 Capitol Bldg. | (517) 373-6960 | SenJProos@senate.michigan.gov |
| 26 | REP | Tonya | Schuitmaker | 405 Farnum Bldg. | (517) 373-0793 | SenTSchuitmaker@senate.michigan.gov |
| 16 | REP | Mike | Shirkey | 320 Farnum Bldg. | (517) 373-5932 | SenMShirkey@senate.michigan.gov |
| 36 | REP | Jim | Stamas | 920 Farnum Bldg. | (517) 373-7946 | SenJStamas@senate.michigan.gov |
| 11 | DEM | Vincent | Gregory | 1015 Farnum Bldg | (517) 373-7888 | senvgregory@senate.mi.gov |
| 23 | DEM | Curtis | Hertel Jr. | 315 Farnum Bldg. | (517) 373-1734 | senchertel@senate.mi.gov |
| 6 | DEM | Hoon-Yung | Hopgood | 515 Farnum Bldg. | (517) 373-7800 | senhhopgood@senate.mi.gov |
| 5 | DEM | David | Knezek | 610 Farnum Bldg. | (517) 373-0994 | sendknezek@senate.mi.gov |
| 1 | DEM | Coleman | Young | 410 Farnum Bldg. | (517) 373-7346 | sencyoung@senate.michigan.gov |
