H 542 prohibits the Idaho Fish and
Game from closing trails opened on federal lands to those hunting big game or
upland birds. The bill will be heard on the House Floor this Thursday. The
environmental community and many hunters don't want this bill to pass. Please
contact your Idaho
legislator and every legislator you know and ask them to support H 542.
The attached document explains the bill and why it is needed. Keep the message
short and polite-but send it. Don't allow Fish and Game to solve their problem
on the backs of the motorized community. They do not have the authority to
close these trails the federal land managers left open for OHV use.
Your message should say something like, "Please support H 542. Idaho Fish
and Game does not have the authority to restrict, by rule, the use of trails on
federal land that are designated as open by federal land managers. Thank you."
