Whether you are for or against more funding of AIS research, below are the names, email addresses of most and phone numbers of the people that control the money.
Don’t just complain on line… try to make a difference and tell your elected officials your thoughts.
BK
Dear MAISRC supporters,
As many of you know, long-term stable funding is needed to ensure that the important work being done here at the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center can continue. Two bills have been introduced in the legislature this week that could be critical for this purpose.
The details:
Senator Carrie Ruud has introduced Senate File 2031, which would provide $1.5 million per year to sustain the solutions-focused work at the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center. Additional authors are being added to the bill now and a hearing for this week has been requested.
Representative Dale Lueck has introduced the companion House File 2411. Bill authors are also being added, and a hearing has been scheduled.
How you can help:
Contact members of the House and Senate Environment Committees to voice your support for these bills. A sample message:
The Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center (MAISRC) is a critical component for the long term prevention and management of AIS and serves to greatly assist Minnesota DNR staff, local AIS resource managers, and citizen volunteers in their work to prevent the further spread of AIS and cope with already infested waterbodies.
I ask you to please support Senate File 2031 and House File 2411 to ensure the important work of MAISRC continues.
Thank Senator Ruud and Representative Lueck for sponsoring these bills! Contact Senator Ruud via email at [email protected] or, if you’re on Twitter, using @CarrieRuud. Contact Representative Lueck via email at [email protected] or on Twitter using @DKL5342.
House environment committee members:
Name Email Phone number
Dan Fabian
Chair – Roseau [email protected] 651-296-9635
Josh Heintzeman,
Vice Chair – Nisswa [email protected] 651-296-4333
Rick Hansen
South St. Paul [email protected] 651-296-6828
Jeff Backer
Browns Valley [email protected] 651-296-4929
Jamie Becker-Finn
Roseville [email protected] 651-296-7153
Matt Bliss
Pennington [email protected] 651-296-5516
Karen Clark
Minneapolis [email protected] 651-296-0294
Tony Cornis
Vernon Center [email protected] 651-296-4240
Rob Ecklund
International Falls [email protected] 651-296-2190
Peter Fischer
Maplewood [email protected] 651-296-5363
Steve Green
Fosston [email protected] 651-296-9918
Joe Hoppe
Chaska [email protected] 651-296-5066
Frank Hornstein
Minneapolis [email protected] 651-296-9281
Brian Johnson
Cambridge [email protected] 651-296-4346
Clark Johnson
Mankato [email protected] 651-296-8634
Sandy Layman
Cohasset [email protected] 651-296-4936
Dale Lueck
Aitkin [email protected] 651-296-2365
Jason Metsa
Virginia [email protected] 651-296-0170
Jim Newberger
Becker [email protected] 651-296-2451
Mike Sundin
Esko [email protected] 651-296-4308
Chris Swedzinski
Ghent [email protected] 651-296-5374
Paul Torkelson
Hanska [email protected] 651-296-9303
Mark Uglem
Champlin [email protected] 651-296-5513
Jean Wagenius
Minneapolis [email protected] 651-296-4200
Senate environment committee members:
Name Email Phone number
Bill Ingebrigtsen, Chair
Alexandria [email protected] 651-297-8063
Carrie Ruud, Vice Chair
Breezy Point [email protected] 651-296-4913
David J. Tomassoni
Chisholm Click here 651-296-8017
Thomas M. Bakk
Cook Click here 651-296-8881
Kari Dziedzic
Minneapolis Click here 651-296-7809
Justin D. Eichorn
Grand Rapids Click here 651-296-7079
Foung Hawj
St. Paul Click here 651-296-5285
Mark Johnson
East Grand Forks Click here 651-296-5782
Andrew R. Lang
Olivia Click here 651-296-4918
Andrew Mathews
Milaca Click here 651-296-8075
Erik Simonson
Duluth [email protected] 651-296-4188
Bill Weber
Luverne [email protected] 651-296-5650
