Recent content by clearwater150

Well boys and girls who love the Idaho outdoors and have for long generations enjoyed a privilege unique to Idaho....or put another way....made Idaho unique among most states in the US....of having the express LEGAL right to hunt on unmarked private land...have just seen that privilege taken...

And here is the letter I have written to Governor Otter...for what it is worth. Dear Governor Otter, I don't know if the Trespass Legislation will get to your desk....but if it does, please VETO it. In my opinion it is being hastily rammed through to avoid a fair vetting by those of most...

My note to my legislators...for what it is worth. (written today as I read about this legislation yesterday) I have just learned of and read through the proposed legislation. I URGE YOU TO SEND THIS BACK TO COMMITTEE OR TABLE IT UNTIL IT GETS A MORE THOROUGH PUBLIC HEARING. IT HAS TOO MANY...

Excellent letter for Mr. Trevey. He is a recent Idaho Game Commissioner...so he knows his stuff. Here is the letter I wrote Gibbs....enclosed in a CC to Governor Otter. My note to the Governor comes first...then my e-mail to Gibbs. Also, I talked at length to Commissioner Blanco about this...

Colorado has an excellent approach for solving big game/private land conflicts. It is a program called the Habitat Partnership Program (HPP). The State is broken up into logical geographic areas and Habitat Partnership Program Committees (HPPC) are set up for each one. The Committees are made...

I see House Resources Chairman, Mark Gibbs (R-Grace) is holding our needed hunting license fee increase hostage to his politics. He, of course, is declaring innocence. The legislation IDF&G introduced was a simple, "clean" bill to authorize the Idaho Fish and Game to increase fees. Gibbs...

When the Wyoming legislature began debating bills this year to take over public lands, Wyoming sportsmen and outdoor groups rose up and swamped the legislators with calls...and the bills were soundly trounced...

Representative Labrador (R - Idaho) is at it again. He has again introduced legislation to turn management of public lands over to the State of Idaho. Any of you who have hunted on State lands here in Idaho know what to expect....a lot of clearcuts, a lot of roads, most of which are in very...

I just posted on this topic. I would have responded to this thread if I had seen it before posting. Does anyone have a list of the key Idaho Legislators one could write/email comment to?

I just took IDFG on-line survey addressing limited quota applications and the sale/auction of trophy tags to raise general revenue. As for offering more trophy tags for auction to raise money...I would vote "NO" but it isn't a "die-on-my-sword"-type of principle for me. I would rather see a...

The country needs a center right or center left Executive Team. Either way....it makes no never mind. We just need to lop off the extremes on both sides of the ticket and enact sensible policy reforms to reduce the National Debt and reign in entitlements AND rampant and extreme capitalism...

I could use some hints on where to hunt antlered elk in Unit 14. Here's why. My son-in-law, an avid outdoorsman, is seriously ill. He has been bedridden for the past three years. In some ways, this has been a blessing for me as I have had the privilege of mentoring my grandson, 13, through...

I have hunted Elk Mountain...and yes...it is blocked by private land. I hunted it through permission from a ranch. It is not available to the general public. However, the Feds do have the right to perfect public access to this land if they so desired or had the political will to do so. In...

This was an interesting and important thread until it got sidetracked......! Make no mistake....the Transfer law would result in a sell-off of public lands. Idaho was granted 3.7 million acres at Statehood. Idaho has sold/disposed of 32% of that land to date (@1.2 million acres)and is still...

The republicans remind me of the dog that chased cars.....and eventually caught one. The first quarter has been politically brutal as the reality of being in control batters them. The whole of the GOP got caught up chasing the car...i.e. building up unattainable and unrealistic expectations...