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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 119

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SCR119.........................................................by SCHROEDER
PHEASANT STOCKING - Stating findings of the Legislature and directing the
Department of Fish and Game to provide data regarding documented effects to
pheasant population as a result of pheasant stocking, with the exception of
wildlife preserve areas; authorizing the Department of Fish and Game, with
the exception of Wildlife Management Areas, to cease stocking of pheasants;
and encouraging the Department to engage more effectively with private
landowners in providing advice and incentives for improvement and retention
of habitat.
                                                                        
01/17    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/18    Rpt prt - to Res/Env

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                            SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 119
                                                                        
                                        BY SCHROEDER
                                                                        
  1                               A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  2    STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF  FISH  AND
  3        GAME  TO  PROVIDE DATA REGARDING DOCUMENTED EFFECTS TO PHEASANT POPULATION
  4        AS A RESULT OF PHEASANT STOCKING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
  5        AREAS, AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WILDLIFE  MANAGE-
  6        MENT AREAS, TO CEASE THE STOCKING OF PHEASANTS AND ENCOURAGING THE DEPART-
  7        MENT  TO  ENGAGE  MORE  EFFECTIVELY  WITH  PRIVATE LANDOWNERS IN PROVIDING
  8        ADVICE AND INCENTIVES FOR IMPROVEMENT AND RETENTION OF HABITAT.
                                                                        
  9    Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 10        WHEREAS, pheasant stocking has not been shown  to  effectively  contribute
 11    birds  to  either breeding populations or the hunter's bag. Stocked birds that
 12    are taken are considered by many as an expensive subsidy for a limited  number
 13    of people at the expense of all hunters; and
 14        WHEREAS,  these  conditions have been documented across pheasant ranges in
 15    North America dating back to Pennsylvania in 1936, New Hampshire in 1938, Utah
 16    and Wisconsin in the 1940's, and Montana and Minnesota in the 1950's; and
 17        WHEREAS, habitat retention and improvement, particularly on privately held
 18    lands, is known to be the most effective means to retain populations of pheas-
 19    ants and other farm game and wildlife.
 20        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second  Regular  Ses-
 21    sion  of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Repre-
 22    sentatives concurring therein, that the Legislature requests  that  the  Idaho
 23    Department  of  Fish  and  Game provide scientific data showing the documented
 24    effects to the pheasant population as a result of  pheasant  stocking  in  the
 25    state  of Idaho, with the exception of Wildlife Management Areas. The Legisla-
 26    ture further authorizes the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, with the excep-
 27    tion of Wildlife Management Areas, to cease  the  stocking  of  pheasants  and
 28    encourages  the  department to engage more effectively with private landowners
 29    in providing advice and incentives for improvement and retention of habitat as
 30    appropriate.