The CBC effort is getting more intense as subgroups report to the larger working group with a goal of voting on a full package of administrative and legislative concepts in June, refinement in July by the full working group and presentation to Senator Crapo in August. Issues still needing full group support include land and water protection and more robust forest management in the front country. In addition, a very different form of county funding is being proposed which will raise eyebrows ...

Idaho Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (BHA) support and promote natural resource management policies based on sound scientific principles. By extension, the Idaho BHA chapter is involved in educating hunters and anglers about proposals and current policies that are unsustainable and detrimental to the landscape, wildlife populations, and our ability to pass on our values and traditions to future generations. To accomplish our objectives the Idaho BHA membership contacts policy makers and ...

A Reader's view:The St. Louis County Board recently ordered a study of possible policies to keep private land from falling into public ownership (“St. Louis County looks for ways to stem growth of public lands,” Nov. 2). Apparently, the county failed to grasp that the economic and other benefits of public lands exceed any real or imagined gains from putting land on the tax rolls. Duluth News Tribune November 14 2010 The St. Louis County Board recently ordered a study of possible policies to ...

Sportsmen’s coalition supports holding PolyMet fully accountable for watershed and waterways pollution2,000 years of contamination for 20 years of copper miningPublished Sept. 22, 2009DULUTH—An ad hoc coalition of hunting and angling groups formally requests that legislation be passed by state lawmakers holding Canadian mining company PolyMet fully accountable for any and all costs associated with remediation and cleanup of its proposed copper-nickel mining operations near Hoyt Lakes, Minn. ...

Motorized trails facilitate incursions into prime wildlife habitatDULUTH—An ad hoc coalition of hunting and angling groups formally endorses the Department of Natural Resources efforts to better manage off-highway vehicle (this includes 4 wheelers/ATVs, 4x4 trucks, off road motorcycles) use on public lands in Minnesota by closing motorized routes in state forests to protect traditional non-motorized uses, wildlife habitat, wetlands, and other sensitive areas, while leaving most routes open ...