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Action Alert: Your Senator Needs to Hear from Pheasant Hunters This Morning
Monday, May 20th, 2013
Your voice as a pheasant hunter is needed this morning.
Years of positioning and political posturing is finally coming to a head in Washington, D.C. today. The future of every pheasant hunter and pheasant hunter’s grandchild is being debated on the floor of the U.S. Senate this morning.Earlier this month, Pheasants Forever joined fellow conservation organizations along with farm groups in a historical coalition supporting crop insurance’s connection to conservation compliance. Today . . . THIS MORNING . . . it’s critical that your state’s two U.S. Senators hear the following from every Pheasants Forever member as the Farm Bill is debated on the Senate floor:
- You support the conservation compliance tied crop insurance deal Pheasants Forever agreed to without amendments to weaken it.
- You support Sodsaver policy to protect America’s last remaining native prairies, which are critical to you as an American bird hunter.
- You support a strong Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), which is critical to water quality, wildlife habitat, healthy soil, rural economies, outdoor recreation and America’s hunting heritage.
No matter what’s on your day’s list of “To Do’s,” please put this at the top. Our ability to chase roosters behind good bird dogs under autumn skies depends on your emails and phone calls today. Your two U.S. Senators absolutely need to hear from you today.
Your Senator’s contact info is available at www.senate.gov or leave phone messages by calling the Capitol switchboard at 202.224.3121.
Your voice will make a difference. Current and future generations of sportsmen and sportswomen depend on you this morning. Thanks for your help.
The D.C. Minute is written by Dave Nomsen, Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever’s Vice President of Government Relations.
Pheasants Forever Outlines Top Conservation Priorities for 2013
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Because nothing impacts pheasant and quail populations like the management of the nation’s agricultural lands, Pheasants Forever has set its priorities for working with Congress in 2013 on new federal Farm Bill legislation. Pheasants Forever is pushing to strengthen the Conservation Reserve Program and to remove the safety net for landowners who plow under wetlands and native prairie.
The year 2012 will be remembered as a bleak one for conservation, but it’s a new year and we must make new conservation resolutions. The conservation title of the Farm Bill remains the single largest source of federal funding for conservation on private lands in the country, and our organization sees a great deal of opportunity to create policies that benefit landowners as well as wildlife. PF’s top conservation priorities this year include:
5-Year Farm Bill with Strong Conservation Provisions
At the end of 2012, Congress passed a nine-month extension of the current Farm Bill, leaving too much instability in rural America and for the country’s wildlife habitat resources. The current extension jeopardizes many of the bill’s key conservation programs, and if a full Farm Bill fails to pass by this October, the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Grasslands Reserve Program (GRP) and other key conservation programs will lose billions in conservation funding.
Restore Competitiveness of CRP
The Conservation Reserve Program remains the workhorse of America’s conservation policy, and Pheasants Forever believes the program can continue to succeed in harmony with agriculture, but only if it becomes more economically viable to producers in light of higher modern commodity prices. We need to put the value of wildlife habitat on more equal footing with the value of cash crops, as the payoffs in protecting these toughest-to-farm acres are stable incomes for producers, as well as wildlife, water and soil benefits for us all.
Linking Crop Insurance and Conservation
Pheasants, quail and other wildlife face risks every day, but the risks to farmers who convert wetlands and remnant native prairie to cropland have been eliminated through (largely) taxpayer subsidized crop insurance. Pheasants Forever supports re-linking conservation compliance so Swampbuster (wetlands) and Sodsaver (Protect Our Prairies Act) provisions are imposed to provide the public with environmental benefits. This past autumn, the Prairie Pothole Region was ablaze with dry wetlands and cattail marshes being burned off in record numbers. These were important winter cover areas for pheasants. If taxpayers are going to continue to support crop insurance payments, then clean air, water, soil and wildlife habitat should be a minimum return on our investment.
Photo by Pete Berthelsen / Pheasants Forever
Pheasant Nesting Cover through Pollinator Habitat
Pollinators not only play a critical role in bringing food to the table, but they also provide important ecosystem support, including pheasant and quail nesting and brood habitat – pheasants and quail share a common need for habitat containing flowering plants. Pheasants Forever assigned one of its senior leaders, Nebraskan Pete Berthelsen, into a new position to leverage concerns around declining pollinator populations to advance the wildlife habitat mission of Pheasants Forever. Berthelsen has helped secure many of the pollinator planting guidelines present in Conservation Reserve Program practices across the United States, and he successfully worked to make pollinator habitat a part of many other federal Farm Bill conservation programs.
Permanent Wildlife Habitat Protections
As land values have skyrocketed, the window of opportunity to permanently protect lands as wildlife habitat continues to narrow, accelerating the need for land acquisitions and permanent conservation easements. Pheasants Forever has assigned another member of its senior leadership team, Minnesotan Matt Holland, to serve as a national resource to aggressively utilize and seek out funding opportunities for permanent wildlife habitat protection.
Voluntary Public Access Programs for Sportsmen and Sportswomen
The Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program is an innovative program used to help fund dwindling public access to private lands, which constitutes the greatest threat to hunting in the United States today. Pheasants Forever supports the permanent authorization and funding for this program, which benefits both wildlife habitat and hunting access. It is crucial to give sportspeople a place to experience the outdoors, and this voluntary program creates a win-win relationship for the landowner and the outdoorsman.
The D.C. Minute is written by Dave Nomsen, Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever’s Vice President of Government Relations.
Field Report: Did Late Winter Snows Hurt Minn., N.D. and S.D. Pheasants?
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
Snow cover was common well into April in many parts of the Dakotas and Minnesota. Photo courtesy of NRCS
While the calendar turned over to spring in March, winter hung on much longer in the Upper Midwest, where parts of Minnesota reported the snowiest April on record, two feet of snow collected in Bismarck, North Dakota and South Dakota saw its share of April snowstorms. Also an important factor is a late winter’s slowing down of “greening” nesting grasses to make the quality cover that is available attractive to hen pheasants.
Cold April temperatures can be deadly for pheasant nests already on the ground, but with the way winter lingered, it’s not likely many hens got to that point this month. “I haven’t noticed any pheasants starting to prepare nests yet,” said Troy Dale, a Pheasants Forever Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist in west-central Minnesota’s Lac qui Parle County, “With the late snow melt this year the hens are going to fall a little behind on nest preparation.”
Across the border in South Dakota, Matt Morlock, a Pheasants Forever Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist II from Volga, says the conditions did put some stress on pheasants, but he’s thankful it was just snow as opposed to ice. “Ice is the real killer on birds, so that was a huge break. The other helpful thing is that it hasn’t been overly cold with these systems, and the fields have maintained some open spots for scratching and feeding. We haven’t been seeing any die-offs or other signs of severe stress. I do think that we are going to see the hens in a little poorer condition this spring as opposed to previous nesting seasons which could have an impact on the number of eggs and chicks produced.”
To the north, moderate temperatures and little precipitation was the story of North Dakota’s winter for the first half. “Then various blizzards hit every region of North Dakota from January to April,” says Matt Olsen, a Pheasants Forever Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist from Forman in the southeast part of the state, “The most recent snowstorms in mid-April hit the south-central and far southeast corner the hardest.” Olsen expects there to be reduced nesting cover, a combination of the extended winter and carryover effects from the drought. “Last fall, nearly all Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres in North Dakota were opened up for emergency haying and grazing. Consequently, this vegetation has not had the time to recover to be available for quality nesting habitat,” Olsen said, “And with the spring melt being this late, some areas that could have served as nesting habitat will be flooded and will not provide any nesting cover in the near future. “
While the weather hasn’t been ideal for pheasants, compounding the issue is continued upland habitat loss in these states. “North Dakota has also seen a reduction in the amount of land enrolled in CRP which will further reduce the amount of nesting cover on the landscape,” Olsen says.
Adds Morlock, “Drain tiling and grassland conversion will have a far bigger and more widespread impact on our pheasants than the snow ever could.”
Anthony’s Antics Afield is written by Anthony Hauck, Pheasants Forever’s Online Editor. Email Anthony at AHauck@pheasantsforever.organd follow him on Twitter @AnthonyHauckPF.
The Importance of Prescribed Fire in Habitat Management
Friday, April 26th, 2013
This spring, Pheasants Forever and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources teamed up for a 150-acre prescribed burn on the Hull Wildlife Management Area in Mahaska County.
It’s taken a long time this year, but winter’s icy stranglehold across the upper Midwest has finally begun to relent . . . we hope! Meteorologists are forecasting a balmy April weekend ahead which should liquefy the last remaining piles of snow throughout most of the pheasant range. Finally, we’re at spring’s doorstep, which means it’s a perfect time to start thinking about habitat management.
One of the most important tools for improving habitat is prescribed fire. Controlled burning in early spring accomplishes three main objectives in habitat management. First, burning limits the growth of woody vegetation helping maintain the prairie as a distinct ecosystem. Second, the fire burns off the duff layer of built up plant matter that hasn’t fully decayed over the last few years. Third, prescribed burning releases the nutrients bound in the plant litter stimulating vigorous new growth, which is more attractive nesting covers for ground nesting birds.
Burns can be very dangerous if not done properly. Grasses produce extremely hot fires and can spread rapidly. Pheasants Forever’s habitat specialists and chapter volunteer burn crews are trained in completing safe and effective prescribed burns in many of the pheasant range states.
Prescribed fire can be an especially important tool in the mid-contract management of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) lands, as well as on state and federally managed wildlife lands.
What’s the biggest limitation to utilizing prescribed fire as a habitat management tool?
The answer: the general public does not understand the value of prescribed fire to the prairie ecosystem. Fire is widely viewed as bad.
Stop and think about it for a moment; what maintained prairies as unique ecosystems prior to urbanization? The answer: Massive grass fires started by lightning.
A well-planned and safely executed prescribed burn is an incredibly successful way to manage habitat for pheasants and quail.
The Pointer is written by Bob St.Pierre, Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever’s Vice President of Marketing. Follow Bob on Twitter @BobStPierre and listen to Bob and Billy Hildebrand every Saturday morning on FAN Outdoors radio on KFAN FM100.3.
PF Members Lay Out Conservation Priorities in D.C.
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Last week, Pheasants Forever leadership and chapter members met with legislators in Washington, D.C. to voice support for critical 2013 conservation initiatives across our country’s landscape.
A contingent of Pheasants Forever staff and members met with U.S. Senators and House Representatives from Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio and Colorado to garner focused support for Protect our Prairies legislation, and the passage a five-year Farm Bill capable of delivering a suite of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) voluntary incentive-based private lands conservation programs.
Illinois Pheasants Forever members, from left, Kevin Bennett, Keith Zoeller and Tom Rogers made the case for conservation in the nation’s capital.
Pheasants Forever members included:
Colorado: Riley Dubbert , Deeann Dubbert, and Bruce Rosenbach, all from Holyoke
Minnesota: Chad Bloom, Pheasants Forever Southern Minnesota Regional Representative; Jeremy Berg of New Ulm and Marty Wallin of Pipestone
Illinois: Aaron Kuehl, Pheasants Forever Director of Conservation Programs; Kevin Bennett of Godfrey, Tom Rogers of Maroa and Keith Zoeller of Sterling
Ohio: Jim Inglis, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever Governmental Affairs Representative, John Beal of Findlay and Bob DeSanto of Ashland
Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio and Colorado are vital states for conservation initiatives, and there is no better voice to speak for conservation programs than those landowners who use the programs in those states on a daily basis. Landowners, farmers and conservationists are an integral part of the land and the U.S. economy, and to give them the opportunity to showcase real-world land management experience and speak to the importance of programs - like the Conservation Reserve Program - is invaluable for the future health and well-being of these conservation programs.
A major facet of the meetings was to inform policy makers of the necessity of a five-year Federal Farm Bill. The current 2008 Federal Farm Bill extension is a temporary patch which is set to expire in 2013. Without the passage of a healthy Farm Bill by Congress, our nation’s natural resources and rural economic viability will suffer.
In addition, members were asked to lend their support for Protect our Prairies legislation. This legislation, introduced by Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD), would reduce crop insurance assistance for the first four years for crops grown on native sod and certain grasslands converted to cropland.
The D.C. Minute is written by Dave Nomsen, Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever’s Vice President of Government Relations.
Just How Much CRP Land Has Pheasant Country Lost?
Friday, April 12th, 2013
As a wildlife enthusiast who enjoys diverse landscapes, as well as a wingshooter who’s succumbed to the addiction of hunting wild ringnecks, it’s been nothing short of tragic to witness the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) – often referred to as the “holy grail” of conservation programs – withering away the past five years.
Grassland conversion in South Dakota, including former CRP acres, is drastically reducing the amount of upland habitat for pheasants. Photo by Matt Morlock, Pheasants Forever Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist
If you’re a pheasant hunter and a conservationist, you’ve likely seen these facts before, and even so, they bear repeating. Consider that:
- In prime pheasant habitat, a 4 percent increase in CRP grassland acres was associated with a 22 percent increase in pheasant counts (source: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture).
- In 2006, Pheasants Forever estimated of the then 36 million-plus CRP acres nationwide, 25.5 million constituted in the pheasant range were responsible for producing 13.5 million pheasants annually.
Unfortunately, the U.S. has lost 9.7 million acres of CRP land in just five years and there are now just 27 million CRP acres nationwide. This mass exodus of wildlife habitat has cut right through the heart of pheasant country.
| State | 2007 CRP Acreage | 2013 CRP Acreage | Percent Decline |
| South Dakota | 1.56 million | 978,257 | 37 percent |
| North Dakota | 3.39 million | 1.79 million | 54 percent |
| Kansas | 3.26 million | 2.37 million | 27 percent |
| Minnesota | 1.83 million | 1.4 million | 23 percent |
| Nebraska | 1.34 million | 895,251 | 33 percent |
| Iowa | 1.97 million | 1.53 million | 22 percent |
| Montana | 3.48 million | 2 million | 42 percent |
In two states, South Dakota and Nebraska, total CRP acreage has fallen below 1 million acres, a baseline number many biologists and hunters feel is critical to maintaining quality pheasant numbers, as CRP is so essential for pheasant production.
While another 3.3 million acres expire from the program on September 30th, we have the opportunity to cancel out that loss with a four-week general signup for the Conservation Reserve Program that begins May 20. While landowners have trended away from CRP in today’s commodity crop-rich environment, CRP remains the single most effective and widest-ranging upland habitat tool in existence. And to help end the withering, Pheasants Forever strongly urges Congress to pass a new 5-year Farm Bill that includes a strong Conservation Reserve Program.
Anthony’s Antics Afield is written by Anthony Hauck, Pheasants Forever’s Online Editor. Email Anthony at AHauck@pheasantsforever.organd follow him on Twitter @AnthonyHauckPF.
Conservation’s Black Monday
Monday, October 1st, 2012
Last Saturday, I attended the Rally for Iowa’s Outdoor Legacy held in Des Moines. The event was designed to promote awareness for the importance of wildlife conservation in the midst of the highly charged agricultural production environment we’re living through these days. After all, outdoor recreation including hunting and fishing, are a big part of the quality of life in Iowa and across rural America.
Speaker Shane Mahoney, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, and Pheasants Forever’s Dave Nomsen at this weekend’s Rally for Iowa’s Outdoor Legacy
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary and former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack spoke at the luncheon. As part of his address, Secretary Vilsack announced the state-specific reallocations of 400,000 acres for the Conservation Reserve Program’s wildlife-targeting SAFE (State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement) practice. In fact, 50,000 of those acres were allocated to Iowa.
Unfortunately, this reallocation comes with one enormous asterisk*. As of today, October 1st, all new CRP and WRP enrollments have ground to a halt because of the U.S. House of Representative’s failure to act on a Farm Bill this year.
According to Wikipedia, Black Monday in the world of finance refers to Monday October 19, 1987, when stock markets around the world crashed, shedding a huge value in a very short time. In the world of wildlife conservation, October 1, 2012 can equally be referenced as Black Monday. As of midnight last night, the 2008 Farm Bill officially ended. Beginning today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ability to enroll landowners in new CRP or new WRP contracts has been paralyzed. Additionally, 6.5 Million acres of Conservation Reserve Program lands expired last night. Again, there are no current options for re-enrollment or sign-up in alternative programs. Our elected officials have failed. It’s plain, simple and infuriating.
Photos like this will be common as a result of the U.S. House of Representatives failures in 2012
That’s where you come in. Before you head afield in the coming weeks, please check your own U.S. Rep’s position on the Farm Bill. Your turn to make your voice for conservation heard comes in a month when we all exercise our right to vote. Make your vote count for conservation this November 6th. Thanks for your help and good hunting.
Mark you calendar to VOTE on Tuesday, November 6th
The D.C. Minute is written by Dave Nomsen, Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever’s Vice President of Government Relations.
U.S. House of Representatives Fail to Deliver 2012 Farm Bill
Friday, September 21st, 2012
I’ve just returned home from Washington, D.C. where the Farm Bill remains a game of political football. Continuing with the analogy, this week the U.S. House Representatives took a knee at halftime, took the ball with them into the locker room and has decided they aren’t going to act on Farm Bill legislation till after the election. A sad statement of affairs, considering the House Agriculture Committee passed a Farm Bill earlier this summer that is simply awaiting floor time in front of the full House.
This will be the fate of many of the CRP acres expiring this autumn, a loss of wildlife habitat only exacerbated by the House’s inaction on a new Farm Bill. Photo by Matt Morlock / Pheasants Forever
The political shenanigans aside, this spells trouble for wildlife, water, and hunters. Of particular concern are hunters’ most cherished conservation programs; including, the Conservation Reserve and Wetlands Reserve programs. As of now, all conservation program enrollments have been shut down beginning on October 1st. Even Continuous CRP practices, in conflict with their very definition, will halt this coming Oct. 1st.
This is particularly bad news for the millions of hunters headed afield in the next few weeks, especially in areas of the northern plains and the drought stricken regions of the country. Wildlife need habitat acres more than ever under these strangling weather conditions and the House’s inaction spells massive problems in light of the 6.5 million acres of CRP also expiring at month’s end.
The lone bright spot in D.C. is Senator Jon Tester’s introduction of The Sportmen’s Act (S. 3525), a bill that contains a number of great programs for sportsmen and sportswomen; including, the reauthorization of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act and reauthorization of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program. I had a chance to discuss this Act with Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar. Senator Klobuchar pledged to co-sponsor the legislation and do everything possible to move the bill forward. Please help by asking your Senators to step up as well.
The D.C. Minute is written by Dave Nomsen, Pheasants Forever’s Vice President of Government Relations.
New Montana Access: Open Fields for Game Bird Hunters
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
Beginning September 1, 19,000 Montana acres will be accessible to wingshooters via the new Open Fields for Game Bird Hunters program.
Watch for these signs! All lands enrolled in Open Fields for Game Bird Hunters will have boundaries signed.
Although Montana’s Block Management Program is extremely popular, bird hunters often agree that finding quality places to hunt birds gets trickier each year. An 80-acre CRP tract can have a lot of appeal for bird hunters, yet this small acreage often doesn’t qualify for enrollment in Block Management when competing with larger parcels of property that offer multiple types of hunting opportunities. Thus, the new Open Fields for Game Bird Hunters program, which will feature:
- Walk-in hunting (fall season only) to hunt upland game birds and/or waterfowl on private lands with no further permission needed
- 58 properties enrolled that offer about 19,000 acres of access
- Program habitat focus is Conservation Reserve Program lands (CRP), but also may include other high-value habitats for game birds
- Project locations are in select counties in Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Regions 4, 6, and 7 (north-central, northeast, and southeast Montana)
- Downloadable county maps will be available for game bird hunters by the end of August 2012 that will clearly show properties enrolled in Open Fields for Game Bird Hunters.
Funding for the Open Fields for Game Bird Hunters program comes from the Voluntary Public Access-Habitat Improvement Program (VPA-HIP). Commonly referred to as “Open Fields,” the VPA-HIP funding represents the first time federal Farm Bill funding has been offered to assist states in implementing private land hunting, fishing, and access programs. The inclusion of VPA-HIP as part of the 2008 Farm Bill was strongly supported by Pheasants Forever.
Field Notes are compiled by Anthony Hauck Pheasants Forever’s Online Editor. Email Anthony at AHauck@pheasantsforever.org and follow him on Twitter @AnthonyHauckPF.
Pheasants Forever’s Top Five 2012 Farm Bill Priorities
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
Congressman Tim Walz, left, and Pheasants Forever's Dave Nomsen.
Today, I was proud to represent Pheasants Forever in front of the U.S. House of Representative’s Agriculture Subcommittee, a major step in the 2012 federal Farm Bill legislative process. Pheasants Forever testified on the most important aspects of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and what the organization feels are other necessary provisions in the 2012 Farm Bill.
Pheasants Forever expressed concern over the rapidly changing landscape of the northern plains, where CRP acreage loss, native prairie land conversion and tile drainage has accelerated. Pheasants Forever believes the 2012 Farm Bill can offer real solutions to these issues, solutions that carry the support of both sportsmen and a bipartisan coalition.
In his opening remarks, U.S. House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson applauded Minnesota’s Ottertail County Pheasants Forever chapter on the group’s $3 million body of historical conservation work (Peterson recently attended the chapter’s banquet). Fellow Minnesota Representative Tim Walz and Pennsylvania Congressman Glenn Thompson, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy & Forestry, also stood up for various conservation policies, showcasing the bipartisan support.
Congress must pass a strong conservation title in the next Farm Bill, and Pheasants Forever is endorsing a platform of five necessities for the bill to seriously support conservation:
1. Reauthorize CRP. With approximately 6 million acres set to expire in 2012 and an additional 3 million acres in 2013, the Conservation Reserve Program is expiring acres at an alarming rate. Congress has to act to pass a 2012 Farm Bill and reauthorize CRP so the program can rebuild going forward.
2. A Competitive Conservation Reserve Program – Pheasants Forever understands and supports the need for an economically competitive and targeted Conservation Reserve Program and the reauthorization USDA’s most successful conservation programs in order to ensure the future of CRP and improve the program’s overall value. Conservation programs such as CP33 Buffer Acres, CP37 Duck Nesting Acres, and CP38 SAFE Acres offer the ability to turn every CRP acre into a specifically targeted approach to wildlife conservation and environmental sensitivity, while typically offering producers more competitive rental rates than general CRP contracts.
3. Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) Acres Baseline and Permanent Funding – WRP acts as American’s number one wetlands restoration program, improving wetland conservation, mitigating wetlands loss, providing migratory bird and fisheries habitat and improving water quality. “Wetlands are some of the most valuable pieces of land for wildlife and environmental quality,” says Nomsen, “In addition to permanently funded wetlands protections, an acres baseline for this program needs to be established, thereby ensuring a constant minimum of what we can improve upon.”
4. Continuation of Open Fields Hunting Access Programs. The Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program is an innovative program used to help fund dwindling public access to private lands, which constitutes the greatest threat to hunting in the United States today. Pheasants Forever supports the permanent authorization and funding for this program, which benefits both wildlife habitat and hunting access. “It is crucial to give sportspeople a place to experience the outdoors, and this voluntary program creates a win-win relationship for the landowner and the outdoorsman,” says Nomsen.
5. Strengthened “Sodsaver” or Non-cropland Conversion Provisions – Sodsaver provisions would help conserve one of America’s most iconic and threatened ecosystems: our native grasslands. Grasslands provide essential habitat and breeding grounds for countless species of North American ducks and other recreationally important species like pheasants and deer. These provisions would save taxpayer dollars and conserve critical habitat while maintaining farmers’ abilities to manage their lands as they see fit.
The D.C. Minute is written by Dave Nomsen, Pheasants Forever’s Vice President of Government Relations.
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