FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS

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CAUCUSES TO PROTECT WILDLIFE HABITAT

In Idaho the protection of natural resources and wildlife habitat often is ignored by some state agencies.  To prevent this from happening, all lovers of the outdoors, including those devoted to the sports of angling and hunting, need to have a strong and unified voice on legislation and policy affecting their interests.

To do this, they should form a caucus, as is occurring in other states and on the national level.  It should deal with legislation affecting the outdoors at both the state and national level. 

The Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs supports the establishment of caucuses in Idaho and other states, if needed, which will:

-- lobby for appropriate legislation affecting the outdoors, including sportsmen and sportswomen;

-- strongly oppose developments or other activities on wild lands that would adversely affect wildlife and wildlife habitat, or fisheries and aquatic habitats in Idaho and elsewhere;

-- oppose groups that tend to ignore conservation of natural resources (including some state agencies).

It also specifically supports the efforts of the Bonneville County Sportsmen’s Association, the Idaho Wildlife Association and other conservation organizations, the Idaho Fish and Game Department, and State and Federal Land management agencies in establishing a Sportsmen's Caucus in the State of Idaho.

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