by Kevin Bixby | Jun 30, 2023 | Home Page, State Wildlife Commissions
Current wolf conservation policies epitomize the bias of state and federal agencies to allow unjustified and unscientific lethal control through undemocratic processes that ignore diverse public values. As a result, wolves are used as a political bargaining tool by Republicans and Democrats alike. The latest move to delist wolves by US Senators Baldwin and Klobuchar is no exception.
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by Kevin Bixby | Jun 2, 2023 | Home Page, State Wildlife Commissions
“Most state wildlife agencies have followed the North American model for wildlife for a century or more,” said state Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon, a Democrat who championed the measure. “It’s worth looking — is there a better model?” This Stateline article by Alex Brown looks at steps Washington State is taking to democratize and modernize its wildlife management, along the lines Wildlife for All’s reform agenda.
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by Kevin Bixby | Apr 10, 2023 | Home Page, State Wildlife Commissions
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham pocket vetoed a bipartisan bill passed by the NM Legislature that would have made the NM Game Commission more professional and representative of the broad public interest in wildlife. The bill was backed by Wildlife for All and a broad coalition of NM groups, ranging from hunters to animal welfare advocates. The governor’s office has not offered an explanation for her veto.
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by Kevin Bixby | Mar 28, 2023 | Home Page, State Wildlife Commissions
A national hunting group has identified Wildlife for All as the leader of efforts to democratize wildlife management in the U.S.
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by admin | Mar 1, 2022 | Home Page, Press Releases, State Wildlife Commissions, Uncategorized
Game of Groans: Fossil fuel lobbyist appointed to New Mexico Game Commission. Wildlife advocates decry extractive industry’s disproportionate representation.
Today, in a move that only intensifies the conservation community’s frustration towards the Commission and administration, NM Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham selected a senior ExxonMobil employee to serve on the public commission that oversees wildlife policy in the state.
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by admin | Jan 25, 2022 | Home Page, Press Releases, State Wildlife Commissions, State Wildlife Management
Wildlife for All commends Governor Jay Inslee for appointing three qualified Commissioners with substantial professional expertise in wildlife science and policy to the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission. The Commission sets wildlife policy for the state.
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