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Friday, March 17, 2006

Ideal News and Views

Ideal News and Views

The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks sent a publication to me . It is to help soften the criticism of the ranch owners in the north west part of the state, particularily the Harding county ranchers.

The ranchers up there close their lands to open hunting. The reason is they do not want the Conservation Officers of the Department tramping in on their lands to "check"violaters of game laws without asking permission of the land owner. Perhaps the game warden(conservation officer) sees red clothing, a dog or two scouting , or a gun shot , and a parked SUV and must "check it out" without asking the land owner.

The Department is trying to solve the problem by better relations, viz publications to improve relations with the ranchers. The Department selected and held meetings with a group to ask how best to improve the rancher relations.

IN this publication are three or four articles: 1. Trapping available for ranchers: Abandoned Mines are animal habitat;Goose depredation programs available: and Viet Nam War Memorial to be held in Pierre.

The bats in the Mine, trapping the animals of terror, and attracting Bird Avian flue in the slough, publishing alist of the "game Wardens" (printed with a heavy background of brown) that I can' see to think about might be able to K O a hard fissted rancher -BUT--- THE VIET NAM DISPLAY?

Honoring the efforts o the Viet Nam hunter should never be a part of the Departments publication. Reason is that the present Governor is seeking re-election this fall in November and this open season for huntng for votes is obvious. So campaigning by the Department for the Governor is a dastardly approach and misuse of the hunting license fees?

The executive is fishing for votes, gaming the Viet Nam hunter and great expexctations of parking his SUV beside the Pierre goose pond for another four years
(The Governor's mansion is on the front lawn of the "goose pond").

Perhaps the deparment had an article on the exposure to Avian flu via the residents of the "goose pond" might be more appropriate. Or an article on the Avian flu and the Pheasant population that creates $ for the department.Or perhaps a possible research program to contain the possibility of introduction of the disease to the wild pheasant population by outside the State pheasant hatcheries.
LH

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