Very Interesting News
February 6, 2010 at 10:40 PM
Interesting, Devin.
I haven’t been able to read the whole thing but will do so in the morning. I found the following article on Friday 2/5/10. In the New West Outdoors website:. this also comes on the heels of the announcement, earlier this week, that a former MTFW&P commissioner has been appointed to be the western states’ advisor to Salazar on public lands and wildlife issues. (And I find the title of this article indicative of the intent, maybe.)
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TAKING AIM AT CONSERVATION
Advisory Group Gives Sportsmen Voice on Conservation
The new council brings sportsmen’s groups into the conservation fold.
By David Frey, 2-04-10
Federal officials unveiled a new advisory council on wildlife conservation and hunting issues on Thursday.
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer joined Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack for the announcement at the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial in Washington.
The new Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council is intended to give sportsmen’s groups a forum to advise federal agencies on policies related to wildlife and habitat conservation. It’s also meant to encourage partnership among the hunting industry, sportsmen’s conservation groups, wildlife conservation groups and government.
The council replaces the Sporting Conservation Council by adding the hunting industry and more hunting organizations.
“The early efforts of America’s hunters and anglers to preserve our nation’s wildlife heritage fueled the modern conservation movement and left us the natural bounty we are now entrusted with protecting,” Salazar said. “In the spirit of Theodore Roosevelt, we are enlisting the help of hunters and anglers to help us confront the conservation challenges of our time so that our children and grandchildren can have the same opportunities to experience wildlife and the great outdoors that have been passed along, generation to generation.”
Five federal agencies – the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, Natural Resource Conservation Service, and Farm Service Agency – will appoint organizational members to the council.
“Hunters are some of our nation’s most influential conservationists, and through their license and equipment purchases, they are foremost funders of state fish and wildlife agencies’ programs to restore and safeguard wildlife and their habitats,” said Ron Regan, Acting Director of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, who will serve as an ex-officio member, representing state wildlife agencies.
http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/advisory_group_gives_sportsmen_voice_on_conservation/C41/L41/
On Tuesday Michelle Obama will announce a "very ambitious" program to end childhood obesity. She sat down with Robin Roberts for an interview that aired on Tuesday morning's Good Morning America. Watch the clip below.
"I love burgers and fries. And I love ice cream and cake," said the first lady. "And so do most kids. And we're not talking about a lifestyle that excludes all that. The question is how do we help people balance that out so that they're not facing life-threatening preventable illnesses so they're enjoying their food, they're eating their vegetables, they're doing their running and walking and playing but still have time to get a good fun meal in once in a while."
The first lady wore an all-white Talbots suit--possibly inspired by the weekend's mid-Atlantic snowstorm?--with tall tan boots.
WATCH:
