BoG - Rossi to head wildlife division
- Game Board should listen to 500 residents, not 3 trappers
- State hypocritical in allowing Denali wildlife to be killed
- Alaska Board of Game candidate Mr. Al Barrette should NOT be confirmed by the Legislature.
- Alaska Legislature Plans $1.5 Million Astroturf Fight Against Endangered Species Act
- Alaska's War on Science Needs to End
- Resource Development, Wildlife: We Need Them Both
- Wildlife resources managed for pleasure, profit of a few
- Alaska's Wild Game is Farmed for Benefit of Outside Hunters
- State's Wildlife Management Relies Too Much on Dead Animals
- Intensive Management Practices Needed for Board of Game
- Helicopter Based Snaring and Bear Baiting Program in Unit 16
- Defenders of Wildlife / Board of Game Update
- Fish and Game Policies Reveal Another Corrupt State Agency
- Wildlife Cartel Represents Circumnavigation of Ethics, Truth
- Fish and Game is Doing Lousy Job Managing the State's Wildlife
- Fish and Game Should be Honest About Killing Wolf Pups
- Misuse of Public Funds?
- Outsiders' Propaganda is Bad Fuel for the Ol' Wood Stove
- Legislators hunting down Alaska rights
- Governor Blocks Right to Vote on Hunting
- Proposed Black Bear Hunts Reveal Renegade Board of Game
- Wildlife Massacre
- Stealth Bills Take Aim at Your Right to Vote on Game Issues
- Board of Game is going overboard in its support of predator control
| Passage of SB 67 Would be a Tribute to Governor Hammond |
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There have been many heart-warming ideas for honoring former Gov. Jay Hammond since his untimely passing in 2005. We deeply believe that creation of the Jay Hammond State Game Refuge out of state lands in the Bristol Bay watershed is a most appropriate way to honor his memory and put into practice Jay's philosophy of resource management, which has worked so well throughout the state. His concepts of cooperative management provide more control for all interests than agency domination ever could. Senate Bill 67, sponsored by Kodiak Sen. Gary Stevens, will create this refuge while empowering local inhabitants and their representative governments and corporations to decide what mix of development and fish and wildlife protection best provides for peace and prosperity in a particular place. The fishing, mining and recreation industries will have votes on the management council. We have supported creation of the Hammond Refuge from the beginning and thank Sen. Gary Stevens for introducing SB 67. However, we have not been able to get a hearing on this bill because some fear that such a special area designation would restrict full development of the lands included. The bill would require higher levels of effort to restrict byproducts of large projects that might harm fish and wildlife resources. To those who viewed any controls on land use as "lockups," Jay used to say that such were "lock opens" for the people and a multitude of public uses that would be foreclosed when exclusive rights of consumptive use are given to one industry or another. Both as legislator and governor, Jay is given credit not only for being a driving force behind creation of the Permanent Fund and the dividend program, but also for his valid notion that when sufficiently protected, fish and wildlife resources constitute yet another permanent fund on which Alaskans rely for jobs and sustenance. These jobs don't need the subsidies that come along with extractive developments -- the roads, ports and power, all at public expense. Honoring Jay Hammond with passage of SB 67 will extend his protective embrace to his home ground in a most appropriate manner. Alaskans, please call your state senator and ask him or her to support it. Bella Hammond, Lake Clark, and Lowell Thomas, Anchorage |
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