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Bear Hunting In Today’s Maine Is A Very Ugly Activity - Lewiston Sun Journal Op-Ed July 11, 2004 |
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Written by Robert Fisk, Jr.
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Tuesday, 05 April 2005 |
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Mainers have a reputation of being knowledgeable voters and independent
thinkers. By Election Day in November, we believe most Maine voters
will be well-informed as to the issues involved in the referendum to
end the hunting of Maine’s black bears with the use of bait, hounds and
traps, which are inhumane, unsportsmanlike and unnecessary. We
firmly believe that the more the public understands the issues
surrounding these methods of hunting, the more they will see that this
is bad public policy and not the hunting image Maine wants. |
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Coyote Snaring Update |
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Written by MFOA
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Thursday, 07 April 2005 |
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Acting upon the recommendations of Maine Attorney General Steven Rowe,
the Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (DIF&W) has spent
the past two years pursuing an “incidental take permit,” a federal
document stating that Maine has done everything possible to ensure the
safety of protected species and thus, would not be held liable der the
Endangered Species Act. Responding to DIF&W’s second effort at
writing a permit application, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service told
state biologists that significant work remained. The USFWS letter
criticized the department’s plan as 46 somewhat troubling and appears
to be disingenuous,” and requested more scientific evidence of the
negative impact that coyotes have on deer populations and that the
snaring program works. “The state has offered no support for its
contentions that many of the proposed alternatives are unworkable or
unwaffanted,” the letter continued. DIF&W’s Ken Elowe said, “common
sense and anecdotal information prove that localized coyote control
works.” This update appears to be very good news and perhaps another
nail in the coffin of this ugly program, but the battle is not over.
Letters to the Governor and members of the Committee on IF&W should
continue. |
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Is Maine’s Wildlife Management at a Crossroads? |
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Written by Robert Fisk, Jr.
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Tuesday, 05 April 2005 |
Almost half of Maine’s voters want to see an end to bear baiting,
hounding and trapping. The issue of how we kill wildlife has been
brought to the public forefront like never before. The referendum
significantly raised the awareness of wildlife animal cruelty,
unethical hunting practices and how we manage our wildlife in Maine.
The referendum flushed out the fundamental reason we had a referendum –
the complete control of wildlife issues by a handful of legislators, a
special interest group, notably the Maine Sportsman’s Alliance (SAM)
and a state agency leadership that are politically, ideologically,
personally and financially connected. One has to look no further then
the fact that 12 of the 13 members of last year’s Committee on Inland
Fisheries and Wildlife members were also members of SAM, and the
present Deputy Commissioner of the Department of IF&W was a SAM
lobbyist.
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A Sad Day in Maine Politics |
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Written by Bill Randall
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Saturday, 30 April 2005 |
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Dumb, dumb, dumb is the best way I know how to describe it. Others
have described it as a shock to their conscience. I'm talking about
what happened last Thursday at the State House in a packed room at the
legislature's IF&W Committee work session on the budget
recommendation to the Appropriations Committee. The reason for this
incredible show of incivility was Sunday hunting. |
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