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SCI Northeast Wisconsin Chapter
By: John Pearson, President

    DON’T MISS OUT! 

Mark your calendars for the Chapter’s 2008 Wild Game Feast to be held at Liberty Hall in Kimberly on Thursday, August 21th.  Bring family and friends and enjoy another fun filled evening of great food, super firearms and merchandise raffles and live and silent auctions.  This is the perfect event to kick-off your hunting seasons.  

SCI Board Meeting – Washington DC
 
On May 17th  more than 200 SCI members from around the country met with members of Congress to discuss priority hunting and conservation legislation.  Other Wisconsin SCI delegates joined me in discussions with staff members of Senator Russ Feingold and Congressmen Jim Sensenbrenner, Tom Petri, Paul Ryan, Steve Kagen, Ron Kind, David Obey and Tammy Baldwin.   The meetings focused on pending legislation to protect your Hunter’s Rights and promote Wildlife Conservation.  The following is a brief summary of our discussions:

  • BEAR PROTECTION ACT:  The so-called “Bear Protection Act” would extend the Lacey Act to North American bear illegally harvesting for their viscera.  SCI opposes this act as the bill would do very little to address the issue of bears poached for their viscera and would unnecessarily hinder the effectiveness of existing laws that protect wildlife from illegal trade.
  • POLAR BEAR LISTING AND IMPORT BAN:  SCI opposed the now enacted band on the import of polar bear trophies legally taken in Canada as it harma current sustainable use conservation of the species.  SCI is joining others in challenging the recent ban listing.
  • THE PROTECT AMERICA’S WILDLIFE ACT (PAWs):  This act attempts to deprive the states of their authority to manage their own wildlife.  The bill mandates that the federal government must control scientifically based wildlife management of predators.   SCI opposes this legislation and supports the North American Model for Wildlife Conservation which deems the states to be the best and most effective managers of wildlife.
  • 2007 FARM BILL:  Work is being done in assuring funding for wildlife and habitat restoration is effectively directed.  Discussions were held on conservation and recreational area access programs  contained in the Bill.
  • FLAME ACT:  SCI supports this act which would create federal funding to assist local Forest Service administrators in fight fires which drain monies from needed conservation and wildlife programs which many times go unfunded due to the expense of fire suppression activities.
  • CONSERVATION TAX INCENTIVES:  Supported by SCI this bill provides incentives for private landowners to manage their land for open space and wildlife providing an important tool in the achievement of a number of wildlife management and other conservation projects.
  • FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS:  SCI commended legislators on the final version of this act which deleted anti-hunting language that would have eliminated all funding for programs that utilize hunting as part of their wildlife management strategies.

Conservation Project Approved
  During the Chapter’s June Board Meeting approval was given to fund the rebuilding of the Grand River Marsh observation blind in Green Lake County.  The blind is used to capture and band over 1,000 mallards annually and is the largest mallard banding facility in Wisconsin offering DNR staff and volunteer conservationists the vantage point to annually cannon net ducks in August and September.  Funding approval enables the continuation of waterfowl research through the banding program essential to conservation efforts.

                                                                                                                             

 I look forward to seeing you August 21st at the
Annual Wild Game Feast

For meeting reservations call
Tom Zimmer / 920-729-1987, Danielle Henker / 920-235-5559
or Jeff Champeau / 920-863-8482

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