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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fritz the Cat" data-source="post: 147293" data-attributes="member: 605">Eye,some days I just don't know about you. OK, let's put ALL new politicians in office and when the people who are tired of the shit show in Morton County draft a no trespassing Bill and demand that their elected Representative carry it, then what? The people in southern Morton County believe their Bill has merit. If they show up in droves to support it, the Bill may pass.Brad Dokken is a writer for the Grand Forks Herald. Why does writer Brad Dokken keep going back to the same well? <a href="http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/news/4190341-mn-nd-address-outdoors-bills-legislative-sessions-begin" target="_blank">http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/news/4190341-mn-nd-address-outdoors-bills-legislative-sessions-begin</a>North DakotaTerry Steinwand,  director of the North Dakota Game and Fish Department in Bismarck, said a  trespass bill hasn’t been pre-filed, but reliable sources have  confirmed a bill is coming.Steinwand said he doesn’t know how the legislation will be worded.“I  can only speculate,” he said. The Dakota Access Pipeline protests  apparently prompted calls for new legislation, Steinwand said.Currently  in North Dakota, private land that isn’t posted is open for hunters and  others to access without permission. Hunters must gain landowner  permission to enter posted land except in rare circumstances.In  neighboring Minnesota, hunters and other outdoor recreationists cannot  enter legally posted land or agricultural land without permission.“We  haven’t seen a trespass bill in the Legislature for a number of years,”  said Mike McEnroe of Bismarck, president of the North Dakota Wildlife  Federation. (Brad Dokken writes Mike McEnroe said) “That could be a big issue, one North Dakota sportsmen have  been concerned about for a number of years.”Among  the outdoors bills to be pre-filed is SB 2056, which would allow  archery hunters older than 65 to hunt with a crossbow throughout the  archery season. Current law requires archery hunters to obtain a  doctor’s certification confirming a disability before they can hunt with  a crossbow during archery season. Sen. Ronald Sorvaag, R-Fargo, and Rep. Mary Johnson, R-Fargo, are listed as the bill’s authors.Steinwand  said the department’s budget isn’t in line for 10 percent cuts like  other state agencies because it is entirely funded by users, including  hunters, anglers and federal allocations from the sales taxes on hunting  and fishing gear.McEnroe said (Brad Dokken writes Mike McEnroe said) the Wildlife Federation will lobby on behalf of maintaining the department’s budget proposal.“The money is solid, so we’ll try to hold that,” he said.(Mike McEnroe said) Also  pre-filed was HB 1025, a bill covering licenses that given to nonprofit  groups as special allocations or fundraisers. The bill grandfathers in  groups such as the Mule Deer Foundation, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation,  Midwest chapter of the Wild Sheep Foundation, North American wildlife  enforcement museum, and Hunter Education Association, Steinwand said.“This  bill if passed as written would mandate we develop administrative rules  as to how we give out those” licenses to other groups, he said. The  number of licenses could not exceed 2 percent of the general lottery  allocation, and eligible nonprofit groups would have 501c3 tax-exempt  status, Steinwand said.Gone are the days when  nonresident hunting issues dominated the outdoors agenda at the  Legislature, McEnroe said. (Mike McEnroe said) During the last session in 2015, lawmakers  introduced about 40 bills related to hunting and fishing, McEnroe said,  (Mike McEnroe said) down from about 55 outdoors-related bills during a typical session.“All  kinds of one-constituent bills get introduced to help a particular  district or corner of the state,” McEnroe said. (Mike McEnroe said)“I’m sure there’ll be  any number of those.“There’ll be surprises. There always are.”The  North Dakota Game and Fish Department again this session will provide  daily updates on outdoors legislation. The updates will be available on  the Game and Fish website at gf.nd.gov/legislation.Mike McEnroe is a retired federal biologist from the US Fish and Wildlife Service, lobbyist for the wildlife society and president of the ND wildlife federation. Brad Dokken quoted him more than Steinwand and never interviewed other opinions. Hardly journalism. From the article,Eyexer said, "they won't quit until we throw them out." Eye, when are you going to throw Mike McEnroe out? Our elected Representatives don't like him. If he testifies on the trespass Bill saying he represents sportsmen, he will be a millstone. </blockquote>

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