[MCN] Please oppose HB 138!!

[Ellie Boldman]

Thank you, Connie!  If it hits the Senate floor, I'll oppose it. I
appreciate you monitoring the situation over here.  It's the worst I've
seen.

Best always,
Ellie


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On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 4:33 PM Connie Poten via Missoula-Community-News <
missoula-community-news at bigskynet.org> wrote:

> TRAPPING BILL ALERT!!
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> HB 138
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> HB 138
> <http://ec2-52-26-194-35.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=10752605&l=2ec92432-8a9c-44d3-a3fd-e33dfd2bc09a&r=88031c38-d020-4fc0-9508-37a31d0a76f4>
> revises trapping and snaring law on private land, making it easier to trap
> on private property by removing the requirement for “written” permission.
> The trapper can simply claim he talked to ‘someone’ on the ranch. The
> trapper’s phone number would no longer be required, making him harder to
> find if livestock is injured. HB 138 also makes a Conservation License
> optional. A Conservation License is a legal requisite for all resident and
> non-resident licenses to hunt, fish and trap, and costs a mere $8.00. Why
> should trappers on private land be exempt? To make it harder to identify
> them.
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> These changes protect trappers from liability and culpability, with access
> to lands they have no right to be on.
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> Please Voice Your OPPOSITION TO H*B 138!*
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> *HB 138 removes the requirement for written permission from a landowner or
> landowner’s ‘agent’ to trap on private land. Written permission can be a
> phone text. The only reason for this is to cover illegal trapping on
> private land. The trapper can simply say he asked ‘someone’ who said it’s
> ok. *
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> *HB 138 protects trappers from liability for injuring people and animals
> on private land by making the trapper harder to identify and contact.*
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> *HB 138 removes the requirement for a Conservation License for no reason
> except further protecting trapper’s identity and making it harder to
> contact him.*
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> *HB 138 undermines the rights of property owners.*
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> *A hearing on this bill will be on Thursday, Jan. 21, in the House Fish,
> Wildlife and Parks Committee, Room 172, Capitol Building.*
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> *HOW TO VOICE YOUR OPPOSITION:*
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> *      •  **Call 406-444-4800* and leave a message for the entire ouHHHouse
> Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee.
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>             *•  **By noon, Wednesday, Jan 20, send an email or sign up to
> testify by phone to committee members. Here’s how: *
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>             1.Go to leg.mt.gov Home Page
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>             2. Scroll down and click on “Send A Web Message to a
> Legislator/Committee”
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>             3. Fill out Form and Choose committee button, then choose
> committee
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>             4. Fill in bill number and click on *for* or *against.*
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>             5. Write email (1250 characters max)
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>             • *Go in person to Room 172, Capitol Building, 3 p.m.
> Thursday, Jan. 21*
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> We must stop Rep. Paul Fielder’s attempts to make trapping even more
> unregulated than it is. Traps endanger public safety, torture and destroy
> our wildlife and harm habitat. Private lands are not trappers’ killing
> fields. A trapper must have written permission.
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>  Connie and Your Friends at Footloose Montana
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> --
> Constance J. Poten
> rattlefarm at gmail.com
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