Oct 2007
Panter, Karcher bills show intolerance
19/10/07 08:16 Filed in: A3275
Asbury Park Press 10/19/07
Daniel Suarez can't understand the thinking.
"Do you have any idea how many billions of dollars they would cost the state?" he asked incredulously.
"They" would be Assemblyman Michael Panter and state Sen. Ellen Karcher, the sponsors of matching bills in the state Assembly and Senate that would alter the state's Fish and Game Council.
While much has been made of the changes those billsî A3275 and S2041î would make to who actually sits on the council, there is a more insidious change deeper in the bills that is, in some ways, more of a threat than just changing who sits on the councils.
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Daniel Suarez can't understand the thinking.
"Do you have any idea how many billions of dollars they would cost the state?" he asked incredulously.
"They" would be Assemblyman Michael Panter and state Sen. Ellen Karcher, the sponsors of matching bills in the state Assembly and Senate that would alter the state's Fish and Game Council.
While much has been made of the changes those billsî A3275 and S2041î would make to who actually sits on the council, there is a more insidious change deeper in the bills that is, in some ways, more of a threat than just changing who sits on the councils.
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DEP Offers Federal Funds to Support Forest Stewardship in the Highlands
15/10/07 18:27 Filed in: NJ DEP
UPDATE
(07/43) TRENTON - Working to encourage sound forest
stewardship, Department of Environmental Protection
Commissioner Lisa P. Jackson today announced that
$85,000 in federal funding is available to private
forestland owners in the New Jersey Highlands.
"Forest cover dominates more than half of the Highlands, and this funding will provide the resources and the incentive private landowners need to become better stewards of these exceptional natural resources," Commissioner Jackson said.
With funding from the U.S. Forest Service, the New Jersey Forest Service will reimburse a qualifying landowner up to $3,000 to develop a forest stewardship plan for their property.
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"Forest cover dominates more than half of the Highlands, and this funding will provide the resources and the incentive private landowners need to become better stewards of these exceptional natural resources," Commissioner Jackson said.
With funding from the U.S. Forest Service, the New Jersey Forest Service will reimburse a qualifying landowner up to $3,000 to develop a forest stewardship plan for their property.
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Full steam ahead for the New Jersey Outdoor Alliance
14/10/07 19:12
We are mad as hell and we are not going to take it
anymore - has been tossed around as the mantra for
much-maligned New Jersey sportsmen, not friends of
the Corzine administration.
Perhaps, but that has been said before, with little or no action on the part of the state s hundreds of thousands of hunters and fishermen when threatened with legislation that could deep six their favorite activities.
Well, finally, there seems to be an organization that realizes that it not is too late to act when the barbarians are at the gate or the bombers are swarming overhead, and is doing the most as far as activism for sportsmen that I have seen in nearly 40 years of outdoor writing.
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Perhaps, but that has been said before, with little or no action on the part of the state s hundreds of thousands of hunters and fishermen when threatened with legislation that could deep six their favorite activities.
Well, finally, there seems to be an organization that realizes that it not is too late to act when the barbarians are at the gate or the bombers are swarming overhead, and is doing the most as far as activism for sportsmen that I have seen in nearly 40 years of outdoor writing.
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Political action committee supports N.J. outdoorsmen
14/10/07 19:11
Sportsmen and women in New Jersey who are concerned
about legislative attacks on the fishing, hunting and
trapping heritage of their state will be pleased to
know they now have an organization dedicated to
working with political officials to ensure that
heritage continues for generations to come.
The New Jersey Outdoor Alliance (NJOA), which was formed in August, is a political action committee (PAC) focused on helping elect political candidates who are supportive of the outdoor pursuits.
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The New Jersey Outdoor Alliance (NJOA), which was formed in August, is a political action committee (PAC) focused on helping elect political candidates who are supportive of the outdoor pursuits.
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Critic speaks against HSUS
13/10/07 07:02
Tom Hennessy, Staff columnist
Long Beach Press Telegram
In late August, following the defeat of AB1634, an Assembly bill calling for mandatory spaying and neutering of dogs and cats, I ran an interview with Wayne Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the United States.
He touched on a variety of issues, including his critics. Patti Strand, director of the National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA), asked me to publish her rebuttal to the Pacelle article. The rebuttal was delayed several weeks because of a death in her family.
NAIA is based in Portland, Ore. I take neither side in this debate, but note only that there are deep divisions in the animal rights movement.
Her rebuttal is as follows:
Wayne Pacelle is correct to rank the NAIA as one of the most prominent critics of the HSUS. We wear that label with honor, many of our members believing HSUS is corrupt to the bone. This corruption comes down to three major elements.
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Long Beach Press Telegram
In late August, following the defeat of AB1634, an Assembly bill calling for mandatory spaying and neutering of dogs and cats, I ran an interview with Wayne Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the United States.
He touched on a variety of issues, including his critics. Patti Strand, director of the National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA), asked me to publish her rebuttal to the Pacelle article. The rebuttal was delayed several weeks because of a death in her family.
NAIA is based in Portland, Ore. I take neither side in this debate, but note only that there are deep divisions in the animal rights movement.
Her rebuttal is as follows:
Wayne Pacelle is correct to rank the NAIA as one of the most prominent critics of the HSUS. We wear that label with honor, many of our members believing HSUS is corrupt to the bone. This corruption comes down to three major elements.
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