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ID HJM005

JM

Status

Introduced

3/9/2017

Primary Sponsor

Health and Welfare Committee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges Idaho's congressional delegation and all members of Congress to authorize the State of Idaho, its agencies, and designees full access to all state and federal lands within Idaho and all means of wilderness entry and animal tracking for wildlife management purposes.

  • Asserts that Idaho has constitutional and statutory responsibility to manage all wildlife within state borders, including gray wolves delisted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in May 2011, consistent with the 2002 Idaho Wolf Conservation and Management Plan.

  • States that mandating destruction of wildlife tracking data acquired on federal lands interferes with state property rights and contradicts best science practices for wildlife management.

  • Directs the House Chief Clerk to transmit the memorial to the President, Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture, congressional leaders, and Idaho's congressional delegation.

Legislative Description

Stating findings of the Legislature and urging Congress to authorize Idaho full access to all state and federal lands within the state.

WILDLIFE

Last Action

U.C. to be returned to Resources & Conservation Committee

3/14/2017

Full Bill Text

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