TRCP Lauds Senate Passage of Public-Lands Bill
News for Immediate Release
Jan. 12, 2009
Contact: Tom Franklin, 202-654-4617, tfranklin@trcp.org
TRCP Lauds Senate Passage of Public-Lands Bill
Senate vote advances measures beneficial to fish and wildlife populations,
supportive of hunting and fishing traditions
WASHINGTON – The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership today expressed support of S. 22, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, a package of more than 150 public lands, water and resources bills that includes measures of enormous importance to American hunters and anglers. The Senate voted on Sunday to advance the legislation, which is expected to receive final Senate approval later this week.
“The TRCP is heartened by the Senate’s perseverance in advancing this legislation, which does much to further the cause of promoting robust fish and wildlife populations on our public lands,” said TRCP President and CEO George Cooper. “We urge continued support of the bill by the Senate in the coming days and the speedy passage of S. 22 into law.”
Among the many conservation measures in S. 22, the TRCP strongly supports two – the Wyoming Range Legacy Act and authorization of the National Landscape Conservation System – that facilitate continued access by sportsmen to outstanding hunting and fishing opportunities in the West. The Wyoming Range Legacy Act would prohibit further energy leasing on 1.2 million acres of exceptional big-game range and native trout waters and would allow conservation groups to buy and retire existing energy leases. Codification of the National Landscape Conservation System would safeguard hunting and fishing opportunities on approximately 26 million acres of Bureau of Land Management acreage that already have been identified as some of the most valuable public land fish and wildlife habitat in the West.
The omnibus lands package was developed by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and enjoys strong bipartisan support. If the Senate passes the legislation as anticipated, the bill will move to the U.S. House.
“The American West continues to hold the open spaces and opportunities most prized by many of this country’s sportsmen,” concluded Cooper. “This bill covers some of the best places left in the West, and we look forward to working to advance similar measures that help guarantee the continuation of public-lands hunting and fishing opportunities.”
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