<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">PLEASE HELP KILL HOUSE BILL 367</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">HB 367 Seeks to make
trapping a constitutional right. Read the bill here <a href="http://ec2-52-26-194-35.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=12215849&l=83f3b7fc-6aa0-44c1-8909-a3cede18dc38&r=1d7f7408-b6ed-4c7e-a7fd-329b0cbe9afc" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">HB 367</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Montana’s Senate Fish
and Game Committee will hold a hearing on <a href="http://ec2-52-26-194-35.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=12215849&l=83f3b7fc-6aa0-44c1-8909-a3cede18dc38&r=1d7f7408-b6ed-4c7e-a7fd-329b0cbe9afc" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">HB 367</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Tuesday, April 13, 3
p.m. Room 442.</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i>Ways to Have Your Say:</i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i> </i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>• Attend</b> <b>in person</b> if you can and testify
against HB 367. You do not need to sign up in advance. Strength in numbers!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>• To testify</b> <b>by Zoom</b> you must <a href="http://ec2-52-26-194-35.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=12215849&l=a8f2599a-b943-4b26-a480-1a96b9cf8605&r=1d7f7408-b6ed-4c7e-a7fd-329b0cbe9afc" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">sign up here</a> by Noon Monday,
April 12. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">• Call</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<b>406-444-4800</b> to leave a message or </span><a href="http://ec2-52-26-194-35.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=12215849&l=de12e07a-5343-46f8-b241-4aad21b95ba4&r=1d7f7408-b6ed-4c7e-a7fd-329b0cbe9afc" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Send
messages through the website </span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">for the Senate F & G committee
to oppose HB 367.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">There are many reasons why this bill is bad. Here are a few:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">• This bill hinders wildlife management by making citizen
harvest preferred method of management over all others, including FWP. It means
species reintroduction, removal of non-native fish and urban deer control will
not be legal if citizen harvest cannot be used. Citizen management is not
scientific; it is driven by self-interest.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">• Hunting and fishing are already protected as opportunities
forever. Protecting specific activities like trapping in the constitution will
force conflicting activities like farming to require protection to preserve
water rights. The constitution will be littered with special interests and
damaged with inconsistencies, ultimately rendering it useless.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">• Trapping should not be a “right” just as poison, set guns
and spotlighting game should not be rights. The market for fur is falling
precipitously worldwide. Most pelts go unsold. Trapping does not provide
sustenance. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">• Trapping is wanton waste of a public resource.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">• Traps kill indiscriminately. The average is two non-target
animals killed for every target animal. This includes endangered species and
pets. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">• This amendment has no definitions. Undefined
terms such as "current" means and methods, "necessary"
management laws and regulations, "undue" bans and restrictions will
lead to countless lawsuits.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>• Attend</b> <b>in person</b> if you can and testify
against HB 367. You do not need to sign up in advance. Strength in numbers!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>• To testify</b> <b>by Zoom</b> you must <a href="http://ec2-52-26-194-35.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=12215849&l=a8f2599a-b943-4b26-a480-1a96b9cf8605&r=1d7f7408-b6ed-4c7e-a7fd-329b0cbe9afc" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">sign up here</a> by Noon Monday,
April 12. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">• Call</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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messages through the website </span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">for the Senate F & G committee
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