BUSH ORDERS FEDERAL AGENCIES TO PROMOTE HUNTING

[nosmokes]

I'm not opposed to all hunting. And anyone that goes about it in a sportswo/manlike manner I got no problem with. But I do have a couple of questions here. Where Dimson is exhorting the managers of federal land to:Foster “productive populations of game species and appropriate opportunities for the public to hunt those species.” is that meant to take precedence over thenaturally occuring/native flora and fauna or not? Or does it come down to some balance sheet somewhere? And if that's the case who's assigning the value to the native species?
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For Immediate Release: August 20, 2007
Contact: Carol Goldberg [phone]

BUSH ORDERS FEDERAL AGENCIES TO PROMOTE HUNTING — Refuges, Forests and Grasslands Directed to Maximize “Hunting Opportunities”

Washington, DC — A vacationing President Bush issued an Executive Order directing federal land management agencies to “expand and enhance hunting opportunities.” While the order does not overturn any conservation laws, it establishes a preference for hunting at the expense of all other activities in the administration of federal lands, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

Although the order explicitly covers national forests, wildlife refuges and range lands, it also applies to all federal agencies “that have a measurable effect on land management,” such as military bases and nuclear weapon reservations. These federal agencies must now “evaluate the effect of actions on trends in hunting participation consider the economic and recreational value of hunting in agency actions.”

“This is political meddling posing as a conservation policy,” stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch. “This order reads like it was written by a lobbyist.”

Issued this Friday, August 17, 2007, the order mandates that federal land managers –

* “Manage wildlife and wildlife habitats on public lands in a manner that expands and enhances hunting opportunities, including through the use of hunting in wildlife management”;
* Defer to “private property rights and State management authority over wildlife resources” and
* Foster “productive populations of game species and appropriate opportunities for the public to hunt those species.”

“The President seems to be saying you can never have too many deer and that public lands should be run as a salad bar for trophy animals,” Ruch added. “It would have made more sense to have Dick Cheney sign this executive order instead.”

The edict does provide that any actions should be “consistent with agency missions.” Further, it stipulates that the directive “does not create any right…or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States its departments…”

“This may amount to no more than meaningless pandering to the ‘hook and bullet’ vote but, if vigorously implemented, has the potential to change what happens on the ground,” Ruch concluded, noting that most federal lands except national parks already allow hunting. “There appears to be no shortage of hunting opportunities; perhaps the reason for the decline in hunting licenses lies elsewhere.”

The action enshrines an entity called the Sporting Conservation Council, created by outgoing Interior Secretary Gale Norton in 2006, to help develop “a comprehensive Recreational Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Plan forth a 10 year agenda for fulfilling” the goals of the Executive Order.

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complete release including links to related sources here

[Bryn]

1. You kill wildlife and you get rats!

??????? I am not sure I understand.

[Raine]

2. As usual

chimp is %100 morAn! :grr:

[saltpoint]

3. Yep. I heard FOX is going to run a special with Brit Hume imbedded on

Elaine Chao's squirrel camp in eastern Kentucky.

It's slated to run simultaneously to Fred Thompson on NBC's LAW AND ORDER.

You'll have to pick.

[133724]

4. Is Hunting season open for Elephants?????? nt

[thecrow]

5. Cheney must want to hunt in his back yard

[H2O Man]

11. Best answer. n/t

[sandnsea]

6. Kind of like healthy forests

if you don't have any more of them, you don't have to worry about keeping them healthy. I guess he's taken the next logical step - kill all the wildlife so you don't have to protect the pesky critters.

An executive order to increase hunting. Throw kids off health insurance.

That's who he is.

I've known a lot of backwoods, gun loving, shoot 'em up, "good ol' boys". But I have NEVER met the likes of this Bush crowd.

[qdemn7]

7. I read it, so what?

I found nothing objectionable in it. Can you point out to me, what you find objectionable? Maybe this will help to reduce some of these deer populations in areas where dense human habitation and removal of natural predators have contributed to an explosion of deer.

Executive Order: Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife Conservation

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this order is to direct Federal agencies that have programs and activities that have a measurable effect on public land management, outdoor recreation, and wildlife management, including the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, to facilitate the expansion and enhancement of hunting opportunities and the management of game species and their habitat.

Sec. 2. Federal Activities. Federal agencies shall, consistent with agency missions:

(a) Evaluate the effect of agency actions on trends in hunting participation and, where appropriate to address declining trends, implement actions that expand and enhance hunting opportunities for the public;

(b) Consider the economic and recreational values of hunting in agency actions, as appropriate;

(c) Manage wildlife and wildlife habitats on public lands in a manner that expands and enhances hunting opportunities, including through the use of hunting in wildlife management planning;

(d) Work collaboratively with State governments to manage and conserve game species and their habitats in a manner that respects private property rights and State management authority over wildlife resources;

(e) Establish short and long term goals, in cooperation with State and tribal governments, and consistent with agency missions, to foster healthy and productive populations of game species and appropriate opportunities for the public to hunt those species;

(f) Ensure that agency plans and actions consider programs and recommendations of comprehensive planning efforts such as State Wildlife Action Plans, the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, and other range-wide management plans for big game and upland game birds;

(g) Seek the advice of State and tribal fish and wildlife agencies, and, as appropriate, consult with the Sporting Conservation Council and other organizations, with respect to the foregoing Federal activities.

Sec. 3. North American Wildlife Policy Conference. The Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality (Chairman) shall, in coordination with the appropriate Federal agencies and in consultation with the Sporting Conservation Council and in cooperation with State and tribal fish and wildlife agencies and the public, convene not later than 1 year after the date of this order, and periodically thereafter at such times as the Chairman deems appropriate, a White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy (Conference) to facilitate the exchange of information and advice relating to the means for achieving the goals of this order.

Sec. 4. Recreational Hunting and Wildlife Resource Conservation Plan. The Chairman shall prepare, consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations, in coordination with the appropriate Federal agencies and in consultation with the Sporting Conservation Council, and in cooperation with State and tribal fish and wildlife agencies, not later than 1 year following the conclusion of the Conference, a comprehensive Recreational Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Plan that incorporates existing and ongoing activities and sets forth a 10 year agenda for fulfilling the actions identified in section 2 of this order.

Sec. 5. Judicial Review. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit, trust responsibility, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees, or any other person.

GEORGE W. BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

August 16, 2007.

[orleans]

8. what an asshole! n/t

[sam sarrha]

9. The Villige idiot is simply expanding his Dementia.. google 'Red Zone' and see the site

http://www.maddeer.org

[SalmonChantedEvening]

10. “This order reads like it was written by a lobbyist.”

"The action enshrines an entity called the Sporting Conservation Council, created by outgoing Interior Secretary Gale Norton in 2006"


It was. :grr:

[Coexist]

12. Ahh.... gays and God are played out - time to go back to guns, I see.

Propose outrageous legislation that some on the left will decry - and - voila! Instant "vote for us or they'll take your guns".

Clever. Very clever.

Fear sells. Always has. Always will.