Biden Administration to negotiate with animal rights activists over public land hunting

[Zimmy87]

Biden Admin Negotiating with Animal Activists Over Public Land Hunting - Sportsmen's Alliance

An animal-rights group and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have announced settlement discussions over a lawsuit that could revoke hunting opportunities

www.sportsmensalliance.org

 

[longbow51]

Not at all unexpected given the trends.

 

[HONEYBADGER]

Be interesting to see what the outcome is. Biden has a lot of support on this board, BHA included.

 

[Ben Lamb]

The tears of CBD are just as bitter as those of USSA.

 

[Potsie]

Time to dust off my “outrage” and break out my pitch-fork.

 

[Schaaf]

The tears of CBD are just as bitter as those of USSA.

U.S. SuperYacht Association guys are real pricks.

 

[jryoung]

The tears of CBD are just as bitter as those of USSA.

Aren't tears of CBD a topical ointment you get at the dispensary?

 

[Ben Lamb]

Aren't tears of CBD a topical ointment you get at the dispensary?

If they ain't, we got a tiger by the tail, boys!!!

 

[Ben Lamb]

U.S. SuperYacht Association guys are real pricks.

I'm sick of the Swiss.

 

[COEngineer]

I liked a Rinella quote in regards to groups like CBD that I will paraphrase: "If they actually care about wildlife, they should advocate for more/improved habitat. That's the only thing that affects wildlife in the long-term." Unfortunately, they do not care about wildlife, they care about stopping hunting and any other practice they consider immoral or unethical.

 

[lpcoutdoors]

Be interesting to see what the outcome is. Biden has a lot of support on this board, BHA included.

I'm an optimist disguised as a cynic sometimes, but I'll hope his negotiation is helps them feel heard and he then does what we'd think is the right thing after hearing them out. Maybe have to throw them a bone as is often just unfortunately necessary in negotiations, and then maybe throw a counterbalancing bone back over to us.

 

[noharleyyet]

The tears of CBD are just as bitter as those of USSA.

But wait, it gets better. -Billy Mays

However, the surprise joint filing by the Biden Administration and CBD asking for a delay in the court proceedings while the two sides conduct settlement talks sends an alarming message to hunting groups that are preparing to intervene in the lawsuit to ensure the rights of sportsmen are protected. Should the administration reach an agreement, CBD would likely not have to spend a single legal dollar, as these settlements often include payment of legal fees using taxpayer dollars. Worse, any settlement will likely include restrictions or revocation of hunting opportunities. The Sportsmen’s Alliance and other conservation groups were offered no warning of the pending talks, nor offered a seat at the table.

 

[nhenry]

Seems stupid to me but okay

 

[LuketheDog]

But wait, it gets better. -Billy Mays

CBD would likely not have to spend a single legal dollar, as these settlements often include payment of legal fees using taxpayer dollars.

Yes, this is how many of these legal/activist funds support themselves. It's a legal loophole that allows them to churn fees with no skin in the game.

 

[NR_Hunter]

U.S. SuperYacht Association guys are real pricks.

Ok not trying to stir the pot but I am kinda dumb. Do you say this because Sportmen's Alliance bros are the yacht owning type? Just curious if there is a deeper meaning or a funny play on an acronym. I know very little about the group.

 

[Hydrophilic]

I liked a Rinella quote in regards to groups like CBD that I will paraphrase: "If they actually care about wildlife, they should advocate for more/improved habitat. That's the only thing that affects wildlife in the long-term." Unfortunately, they do not care about wildlife, they care about stopping hunting and any other practice they consider immoral or unethical.

I’m not a member but I’ve worked with them and met some nice folks there who are not anti hunting or anti fishing.

Here is a project I’ve helped them out with that recreational angler groups won’t touch because they think good habitat are salmon hatcheries.

The state of Oregon has done a terrible job of stewarding salmon recovery under the ESA, including the weakest logging standards on the west coast BY FAR. The state dept of forestry argues steep slope logging roads don’t cause increased sedimentation into streams. They also argue culverts on state land are acceptable to salmon migration. While recreational fishing groups spend their time complaining about lack of fish, and at the same time doing nothing to address well documented problems facing salmon , the very environmental groups they flame are the ones actually doing the meaningful work to get better forestry practices and achieve better habitat. This is a consistent pattern.

 

[Irrelevant]

I'm sick of the Swiss.

not me.

 

[COEngineer]

I’m not a member but I’ve worked with them and met some nice folks there who are not anti hunting or anti fishing.

Here is a project I’ve helped them out with that recreational angler groups won’t touch because they think good habitat are salmon hatcheries.

The state of Oregon has done a terrible job of stewarding salmon recovery under the ESA, including the weakest logging standards on the west coast BY FAR. The state dept of forestry argues steep slope logging roads don’t cause increased sedimentation into streams. They also argue culverts on state land are acceptable to salmon migration. While recreational fishing groups spend their time complaining about lack of fish, and at the same time doing nothing to address well documented problems facing salmon , the very environmental groups they flame are the ones actually doing the meaningful work to get better forestry practices and achieve better habitat. This is a consistent pattern.

Do you have a link? What did they do for this project? I'm genuinely interested. My impression is they only do lawsuits and I would love to be wrong.

 

[Irrelevant]

I’m not a member but I’ve worked with them and met some nice folks there who are not anti hunting or anti fishing.

Here is a project I’ve helped them out with that recreational angler groups won’t touch because they think good habitat are salmon hatcheries.

The state of Oregon has done a terrible job of stewarding salmon recovery under the ESA, including the weakest logging standards on the west coast BY FAR. The state dept of forestry argues steep slope logging roads don’t cause increased sedimentation into streams. They also argue culverts on state land are acceptable to salmon migration. While recreational fishing groups spend their time complaining about lack of fish, and at the same time doing nothing to address well documented problems facing salmon , the very environmental groups they flame are the ones actually doing the meaningful work to get better forestry practices and achieve better habitat. This is a consistent pattern.


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IDK, CBD wasn't part of the big overhaul this last year.

Landmark Deal Reached on Oregon Private Forest Accord - Wild Salmon Center

Nine months of high stakes negotiations bore fruit on October 30, with timber interests and conservation groups backing big improvements to the state’s Forest Practices Act.

wildsalmoncenter.org

MOU was signed by 13 conservation groups: Wild OR, Wild Salmon Center, OR Stream Protection Coalition, Beyond Toxics, Audubon of Portlandia, Cascadia Wildlands, Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman's Assoc., TU, Umpqua Watersheds, Northwest Guides and Anglers, Rogue Riverkeeper, OR league of conservation voters.

 

[Hydrophilic]

Do you have a link? What did they do for this project? I'm genuinely interested. My impression is they only do lawsuits and I would love to be wrong.

Lawsuit Aims To Protect Salmon From Logging On Oregon State Forests

A lawsuit filed Wednesday argues the Oregon Department of Forestry is hurting protected coho salmon with its logging practices on state forests.

www.opb.org

Oregon has historically cut trees right up to the river on state lands which flies in the face of federal recovery standards. Conservationists have been pleading the state to help for decades, sometimes you have to litigate.