Idaho Sportsmen's Connection Website
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January 27, 2012
This afternoon the Senate Resources and Environment Committee met for a hearing with the Department of Fish and … More >>> January 26, 2012
This morning the Senate Agricultural Committee met to discuss a number of rules, one being Rules Governing Brucellosis … More >>> January 25, 2012
This afternoon the House Resources and Conservation Committee met to hear from the Idaho Fish and Game Commission. … More >>> |
With a Sportsmen's Caucus in place in the Idaho Legislature, the ball was now in the sportsmen's court to form a viable, effective, balanced, and long-lived support and advisory group to those caucuses. Their role is to know when legislation is introduced, research its impacts, gauge the sportsmen's position(s) on it, determine a consensus position on it, and provide data supporting that position to the Caucus members in both houses before the debate is scheduled.In March of 2005 twenty founding sportsmen's organizations adopted the bylaws, elected officers and officially formed the Idaho Sportsmen's Caucus Advisory Council. In the end, sportsmen (the largest constituency in the state after women) can gain a voice and serious influence in conservation issues that affect our wildlife.
It is up to us to behave responsibly with restraint and resolve. To deal with the best science available and with the long-term welfare of wildlife in mind. United with other state caucuses around the country we can present a united front against anti-hunting nonsense, habitat destruction, and against bad-science game management programs that might represent other interests than those of wildlife.