. . . but not by much. I consider any attack on hunting to be back-door gun control - especially with all these "National Monument" executive orders going on. Here's a chance to strike back - write your congressmen.
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Hearing Held for National Hunting
Policy Leaders representing business, state wildlife agencies and conservation organizations were in Washington, D.C. today to push Congress to protect hunting on federal land. They testified before the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans for the Hunting Heritage Protection Act (H.R. 4790).
Three members of the WLFA’s National Hunting Policy Coalition, a group of nearly seventy sportsman organizations, were called upon to testify during this hearing. Coalition members speaking included Dick Cabela on behalf of Cabela’s, Inc. and WLFA; Frank Blaha for the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep (FNAWS); and David Waller, director of the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division and president of the International Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies.
Cabela, having a personal and professional interest in this legislation, “strongly supports enactment of H.R. 4790.” He said, “the policy of no net loss of hunting opportunities codified in H.R. 4790 would benefit not only those who hunt, but those who depend on hunting and hunters for their livelihoods.”
Rep. Don Young (R-AK), Chairman of the House Resources Committee and co-sponsor of the bill, also sees the “no net loss” provision as a vital element of this legislation.
Young said, “the no net loss language means if government closes lands to hunting, government must redesignate or open new lands to hunting.”
Testimony from the FNAWS representative followed a similar tone. Blaha said, “The Hunting Heritage Protection Act takes positive steps towards acknowledging the hunter’s role in conserving our country’s public lands and native species.”
He emphasized that supporting the Hunting Heritage Protection Act “is the least the federal government can do in return for the work hunters have done to protect the lands they use.”
Opposition to the Act surfaced during the hearing. A witness from the Clinton administration and Wayne Pacelle, vice president of the Humane Society of the United States, spoke out against the bill.
Despite the resistance, Committee Chairman Young said it is “my intention, if everything works out, to take this thing to the floor.” He plans to move the bill out of the full House Resources Committee on Wednesday, July 26. WLFA and other coalition members hope this legislation will move through the House and on to the Senate Resources Committee within the year.
The Wildlife Legislative Fund of America (WLFA) is a national, non-profit organization based in Columbus, OH which provides legislative, legal defense and public education services to defend and advance sportsmen's rights in Washington, D.C. and in the states.
For more information about how you can protect your rights as a sportsman, contact The Wildlife Legislative Fund of America, 801 Kingsmill Parkway, Columbus, OH 43229. Phone (614) 888-4868. E-Mail us at info@wlfa.org
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The New World Order has a Third Reich odor.
http://website%20-%20www.wlfa.org%20*%20e-mail%20info@wlfa.org/interactive/features/Read.cfm?ID=258
Hearing Held for National Hunting
Policy Leaders representing business, state wildlife agencies and conservation organizations were in Washington, D.C. today to push Congress to protect hunting on federal land. They testified before the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans for the Hunting Heritage Protection Act (H.R. 4790).
Three members of the WLFA’s National Hunting Policy Coalition, a group of nearly seventy sportsman organizations, were called upon to testify during this hearing. Coalition members speaking included Dick Cabela on behalf of Cabela’s, Inc. and WLFA; Frank Blaha for the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep (FNAWS); and David Waller, director of the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division and president of the International Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies.
Cabela, having a personal and professional interest in this legislation, “strongly supports enactment of H.R. 4790.” He said, “the policy of no net loss of hunting opportunities codified in H.R. 4790 would benefit not only those who hunt, but those who depend on hunting and hunters for their livelihoods.”
Rep. Don Young (R-AK), Chairman of the House Resources Committee and co-sponsor of the bill, also sees the “no net loss” provision as a vital element of this legislation.
Young said, “the no net loss language means if government closes lands to hunting, government must redesignate or open new lands to hunting.”
Testimony from the FNAWS representative followed a similar tone. Blaha said, “The Hunting Heritage Protection Act takes positive steps towards acknowledging the hunter’s role in conserving our country’s public lands and native species.”
He emphasized that supporting the Hunting Heritage Protection Act “is the least the federal government can do in return for the work hunters have done to protect the lands they use.”
Opposition to the Act surfaced during the hearing. A witness from the Clinton administration and Wayne Pacelle, vice president of the Humane Society of the United States, spoke out against the bill.
Despite the resistance, Committee Chairman Young said it is “my intention, if everything works out, to take this thing to the floor.” He plans to move the bill out of the full House Resources Committee on Wednesday, July 26. WLFA and other coalition members hope this legislation will move through the House and on to the Senate Resources Committee within the year.
The Wildlife Legislative Fund of America (WLFA) is a national, non-profit organization based in Columbus, OH which provides legislative, legal defense and public education services to defend and advance sportsmen's rights in Washington, D.C. and in the states.
For more information about how you can protect your rights as a sportsman, contact The Wildlife Legislative Fund of America, 801 Kingsmill Parkway, Columbus, OH 43229. Phone (614) 888-4868. E-Mail us at info@wlfa.org
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The New World Order has a Third Reich odor.