Hunters, anglers and trappers in Michigan have one chance to defend our right to hunt, fish and trap from out-of-state anti-hunters. The single biggest piece of pro-sportsman legislation in decades needs your support!
Scientific Wildlife Management legislation (SB 288 & 289, HB 4552 & 4553) will ensure that wildlife management decisions in Michigan are made using sound science, not ballot-box biology. If we don’t pass this legislation now, out-of-state anti-hunters like the Humane Society of the United States will come back to our state again and again to attack our hunting rights one by one!
Call your legislators now and tell them you support scientific wildlife management and the right to hunt, fish and trap!
If you know who your legislators are, click below for their contact information:
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After you’ve called, shoot us an email at dyoungedyke@mucc.org to tell us what they said!
If you’re a member of a club, organization or just have a lot of hunting and fishing buddies, print out some copies of this fact sheet and make sure everyone you know who hunts, fishes or traps gets one and calls their legislators, too: Support Scientific Wildlife Management
The following bullet points describe what the Scientific Wildlife Management package would do, and may be helpful in talking to your legislator:
- Authorize the Natural Resources Commission to designate game species and issue fisheries orders under its Proposal G mandate to use sound science.
- Provide free licenses to active-duty members of the military.
- Provide conservation funding to conduct the research and data necessary for the DNR to make sound scientific recommendations to the Natural Resources Commission, and for outdoor education and outreach, such as youth outdoor education.
- This appropriation will also help ensure that Michigan receives its full share of Pittman-Robertson funding due to federal match requirements and high firearm and ammunition sales this year.
- Protect the rights to hunt and fish in Michigan’s Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act.
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