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UPDATE - Representative Frank Niceley has filed a NEW deer farming bill HB3164 which is written more broadly than last year's bill. HB3164 as written will not only allow for the importation and privatization of white-tailed deer, but it will also allow for the capture of wild Tennessee white-tails and the sale of venison; all to be regulated by the Department of Agriculture. Thus, this bill single-handedly will set back wildlife management in Tennessee nearly a hundred years and reinstate a form of market shooting and sale of Tennessee's wild and public white-tailed deer resource. The bill is listed below, as well as new information that Chronic Wasting Disease, originally in farmed deer in Missouri, has now been found in WILD white-tailed deer harvest within 2 miles of the farmed-deer facility. |
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CRITICAL UPDATE - If you love hunting, fishing, boating, birdwatching or simply recognize the value of Tennessee's fish and wildlife, please help us by supporting HB2776 as it will be amended. House government operations committee has refused to hear the bill that would reauthorize the TWRA and the commission that sets seasons, bag limits and other regulations. |
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Over the years, the voices of sportsmen and women have been the most effective and consistent tool to ensure the future of wildlife, healthy land and forests and clean water. This heritage and our many successes is why we created the TWF Camouflage & Casting Coalition.
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If you read the papers, one of the largest wildlife stories in Tennessee during 2011 was the change in management philosophy and regulations by TWRA concerning Tennessee's most destructive animal, the wild (also referred to as 'feral') hog. While headlines across the state read that TWRA was "making hunting of wild hogs illegal", what wasn't reported was that the opportunity to kill these exotic pests was actually expanded. (TWF's paper on this issue is HERE and other great information is located on a special website which can be accessed HERE.) |
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The TWRC is a fourteen member citizen-based commission charged with the governance of the TWRA. Their primary statutory duties include the following: |
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The members of the Tennessee Wildlife Federation’s Camouflage and Casting Coalition oppose the recently created Commercial Fishing Advisory Council’s following recommendations: Expanding commercial fishing to new waters, studying the viability of commercial fishing in all statewide waters, and removing the 34” size limit on catfish. |
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There are nearly 38 million Americans who hunt and fish. That is more sportsmen than people who receive social security retirement benefits. If all sportsmen had voted in the 2000 presidential election, they would have equaled 36% of the entire vote. |
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The purpose of the Coalition is to organize sportsmen and women across Tennessee and keep them informed of legislative activity affecting our wildlife management or outdoor recreation interests. |
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