#2389913 - 05/10/11 08:04 PM
TWRA Sunset Status !!!!!!!!!!*********!!!!!!!!!!
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Beekeeper
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About a year ago the state legislature almost let the TWRA fade away. This year they are trying to do the same thing.
Tennessee Wildlife Federation
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House Threatens To Shut Down TWRA
Government Ops Committee to Decide Tomorrow
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Friends:
We need your help to stop an effort to shut down the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) that is taking place in the Tennessee state House. Please contact the House government operations committee members and ask them to pass the TWRA sunset bill to match the Senate's version.
This time last year, a small number of House members in the Tennessee General Assembly were working to place the TWRA in "wind-down" mode, which would prepare TWRA and its critical wildlife and fisheries management work for elimination.
Tomorrow at 11:30 a.m., this same small group of House members will attempt to have the House government operations committee again play games with TWRA's "sunset" bill, despite the fact that the Senate has already passed a five-year extension for TWRA, a two-year Agency study committee has met and issued no findings, and the Agency's audit and budget have both been reviewed and approved by the appropriate oversight committees.
The Tennessee Wildlife Federation led the effort to establish the model game and fish legislation that resulted in the birth of the TWRA. Since then, the wildlife success stories attributable to this agency are almost too many to list. We should not take lightly a threat to our priceless natural resources, and certainly not one apparently rooted in political motivations.
The state constitution provides for checks and balances that help ensure state agencies are accountable, effective and efficient. This effort appears to be a purely political move designed to harm the Agency.
Please contact the House government operations committee and ask them to pass the TWRA sunset bill to match the Senate's version.
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http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_200954.asp
Call and e-mail your legislature tomorrow to keep the TWRA up and running.
http://www.tndeer.com/tndeertalk/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1845625&page=0&fpart=1
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#2390091 - 05/11/11 04:53 AM
Re: TWRA Sunset Status !!!!!!!!!!*********!!!!!!!!!!
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#2390108 - 05/11/11 05:58 AM
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These petty representatives give a black eye to the entire House of Representatives.
Like little children that when they can't get their way.
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#2390188 - 05/11/11 08:12 AM
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Emails sent.
Hope common sense will prevail.
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#2390459 - 05/11/11 01:28 PM
Re: TWRA Sunset Status !!!!!!!!!!*********!!!!!!!!!!
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catman529
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Dang what's wrong with them.
One question... if the TWRA were killed, would that mean no regulations whatsoever and people would basically kill out all our wildlife with no limits?
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#2390463 - 05/11/11 01:30 PM
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What was the vote?
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#2390592 - 05/11/11 04:17 PM
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"What was the vote?"
To put the Agency into wind-down, which will waste money, staff time, and morale. According to the Chairman, the intent isn't to abolish the Agency, it's to "teach them a lesson." In other words, TWRA, don't mess with our members' personal agendas - do what we want regardless of the wildlife management implications.
Edited by Monty (05/11/11 04:17 PM)
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#2390598 - 05/11/11 04:28 PM
Re: TWRA Sunset Status !!!!!!!!!!*********!!!!!!!!!!
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Monty
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Dang what's wrong with them.
One question... if the TWRA were killed, would that mean no regulations whatsoever and people would basically kill out all our wildlife with no limits?
If that were the final case, pretty much as you state. However, in reality, what the Legislature would probably do is enact legislation forming some other "Agency" run by commissioners (aka political hacks) who were appointed by and reported to them. Course, they'd still not provide any funding for that group - we'd still be the ones bearing the costs (assuming it was worth even having a license under those deplorable conditions).
This entire affair is a classic example of why the Tenn Wildlife Federation (Tenn Conservation League then) was formed in the early '40's and fought so hard to take exactly this kind of Legislative interference away from the politicians and form the Commission approach. Deja vu, folks.
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#2390617 - 05/11/11 04:54 PM
Re: TWRA Sunset Status !!!!!!!!!!*********!!!!!!!!!!
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If I understand what I have been hearing the legislatures problem is with the TWRC not the TWRA. I don't know exactly what their problem is but they seem to be very upset with the TWRC.
I do not know if there is anything that we can do at this point and I think the legislature will let the TWRC fade away and create another commission that will be more amenable to the wants of the legislature.
I don't know how the rest of you feel but I don't like the way the TWRC is appointed now. Everyone on this commission is a political appointee and they owe a political debt to whoever appointed them. The people on the commission should be elected by the people that pay the bills (the hunters and fishermen of Tennessee) and they should be someone that understands wildlife management not attorneys, land developers, restauranteurs or other folks that have been appointed because of their political contributions rather than their knowledge about the resource they are in charge of handling. JMHO
Edited by Beekeeper (05/11/11 04:55 PM)
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