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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gst" data-source="post: 177165" data-attributes="member: 373"><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />  thee orgs are a lot like a small handful on here they claims ot "support" ag..............as long as ag operates how they say.Your last question goes to the heart of this issue concerning these orgs and the credibility they hold with policy makers at the state level. Our legislators are smart enough to know that these orgs do NOT represent sportsmen in that sportsmen have no way to weigh in and be a part of developing the policies these orgs bring to the legislature. It is a handful of elitists that drive policy in orgs like the NDWF, DU, BCH&A the Sierra Club and others. So when legislators give those policies backed by small handfuls of people little recognition some claim that ag and others have "bought" these legislators. But what they do not accept as the truth is that the policies of say ag orgs that influence legislators are developed by actual members. Thru the process most ag orgs work under here in ND it is literally thousands of members that create, introduce, discuss and pass policy. Legislators see a degree of credibility behind that so they listen. Even then from experience, it takes an investment by these members to go and testify to get legislators to listen and weigh considerations and support policy that is introduced. More and more sportsmen are getting wise to these orgs taking their monies and not really listening. I have often wondered why these sportsmen orgs don't pattern their organizations after the true grass roots design most ag orgs are where it is actual members creating their policies.</blockquote>

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