Post by galthatfishes on Apr 25, 2014 5:59:34 GMT -5
Keep Politics Out of Wildlife Management
Sportsmen have been very vocal in our opposition to HB 1576, the Threatened and Endangered Species bill. The bill would make it more difficult for PFBC to designate Wild Trout Streams, is rearing its ugly head again.
While our letters, emails and calls to our Representatives kept the bill from a floor vote in March, the politicians are trying again. They met with "stakeholders"(sportsmen weren't invited). and came up with a new ploy.
An amended HB 1576 [ or a new bill number ] may be introduced / voted on by the House Game and Fisheries
Committee on Monday, April 28.
The old bill had IRRC (a politically-appointed board) second-guessing PGC and PFBC decisions regarding designations of threatened and endangered species.
The new version substitutes an “independent science advisory board (ISAB)” that could reject recommendations for listing of wild trout streams and listing of threatened and endangered species.
If the House leadership had included TU and other sportsmen’s groups in the discussions, ISAB might have been a real "advisory" board. As it is, this board could reject agency input, putting Federal funding from the Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson Acts in jeopardy.
Keep the politics out of wildlife management. We doubt that our politicians have PhD's in Biology. Send a quick e-mail to your Representative and help to protect the critters. www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/contact.cfm?body=H
Sportsmen have been very vocal in our opposition to HB 1576, the Threatened and Endangered Species bill. The bill would make it more difficult for PFBC to designate Wild Trout Streams, is rearing its ugly head again.
While our letters, emails and calls to our Representatives kept the bill from a floor vote in March, the politicians are trying again. They met with "stakeholders"(sportsmen weren't invited). and came up with a new ploy.
An amended HB 1576 [ or a new bill number ] may be introduced / voted on by the House Game and Fisheries
Committee on Monday, April 28.
The old bill had IRRC (a politically-appointed board) second-guessing PGC and PFBC decisions regarding designations of threatened and endangered species.
The new version substitutes an “independent science advisory board (ISAB)” that could reject recommendations for listing of wild trout streams and listing of threatened and endangered species.
If the House leadership had included TU and other sportsmen’s groups in the discussions, ISAB might have been a real "advisory" board. As it is, this board could reject agency input, putting Federal funding from the Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson Acts in jeopardy.
Keep the politics out of wildlife management. We doubt that our politicians have PhD's in Biology. Send a quick e-mail to your Representative and help to protect the critters. www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/contact.cfm?body=H
