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Sportsmen show Legislature they are watching 1/29/2007 The cold and blustery day fit well for more than 200 mostly camo clad sportsmen from across the state who rallied at the capitol steps on Jan. 16. The event, sponsored by the Idaho Sportsmen’s Caucus Advisory Council (ISCAC), was held to show the Idaho state Legislature and Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter that the sportsmen of Idaho have their collective eye on the goings on inside the Statehouse. “We have been silent for some time and very disorganized,” said Mark Bell, president of the ISCAC. “But that has changed.” More than 20 legislators attended the rally which focused on the heritage and ethics of the sporting way of life in Idaho. Guest speaker Jim Posewitz, of Orion, The Hunters Institute, in Helena, Mont. spoke to those issues in a 20-minute speech heavily invoking Theodore Roosevelt, and the heritage of ethical hunting in the United States and the West in particular. He also briefly spoke to the current game farming issue and how Montana recently banned game farms through the initiative process. “We would like to assure the Legislature and the governor that the 300,000 sportsmen of this state are watching and we will have our voices heard,” said Bell. “I could not be more proud of how far we have organized and grown together, and we are just beginning.” The ISCAC, only two years since its inception, is currently boasting more than 30 sportsmen’s groups and conservation organizations across a wide variety of interests. Nearly all of the major sportsmen’s groups are members including Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, National Wild Turkey Federation, Trout Unlimited and others. Hound groups, conservation groups and retired conservation officers all seemed to have a fed-up attitude with what several described as the “antics of statehouse biologists”. After the rally many sportsmen went inside the capitol to meet with their respective legislators from across the state to discuss issues and upcoming legislation. |
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