To all on the Brittany Chat lists, especially those in the California area of the United States.....please read the following and check out the info on SAOVA.org listed below. It pertains to many State Lands used for several purposes including dog training, hunt tests and field trialing.........
Thank you
Bob Youngs
NEWS & LEGISLATION BRIEFS November 4, 2011
Dear SAOVA Friends,
In our efforts to add and improve the SAOVA website resources, we have completed a one-page fact sheet on Hound Hunting. As we all know, to achieve their anti-hunting goal, HSUS needs to sell emotional images to the public that portray hunting as cruel, hunters as heartless, and hunting with hounds as especially gruesome. The new SAOVA fact sheet provides a sensible rebuttal to the hound hunting myths HSUS airs on its website and can be downloaded from this pagehttp://saova.org/download.html
As always, we encourage cross posting of these messages.
Susan Wolf
Sportsmen’s & Animal Owners’ Voting Alliance
Issue lobbying and working to identify and elect supportive legislators
HUNTER INPUT NEEDED ON PROPOSED REGULATIONS
California Outdoor Heritage Alliance (COHA) needs your help in our efforts to protect against the loss of hunting, dog training and field trialing opportunity currently offered on Department of Fish and Game (DFG) lands.
The California Fish and Game Commission will soon consider a host of new regulations that will affect public use on state-owned lands. While many of the proposed regulations are intended to simplify and make rules more consistent across DFG lands, others are more substantive and affect a wide range of activities - including methods of accessing hunting areas. Most concerning, the proposed regulations would designate several DFG lands that currently offer hunting opportunities as "Ecological Reserves", including Liberty Island in Solano County and San Antonio Valley in Santa Clara County. Because Ecological Reserves are managed primarily for threatened and endangered species or specialized wildlife habitats, hunting opportunities would likely be restricted. Further, the proposed regulations would affect dog training, hunt tests and field trial events on DFG Wildlife Areas. For instance, depending on the number of dogs and participants, a special use permit would be required with a fee of either $58.71 or $386.50.
* For more information visit the COHA website http://tinyurl.com/3r5xqw2
* For a summary of the proposed regulations, go to Fish & Game Commission websitehttp://tinyurl.com/3fut3fx
* To send comments to the CA Fish and Game Commission, go to Fish and Game website http://www.fgc.ca.gov/contact/