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Post by THE GOB-FATHER on Mar 11, 2008 11:39:41 GMT -5
For Release: IMMEDIATE Contact: Yancey Roy
Monday, March 10, 2008 (518) 402-8000
DEC SUBMITS FISH/WILDLIFE BILLS TO LEGISLATURE
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner
Pete Grannis announced today that the following bills regarding Fish and
Wildlife programs have been submitted for introduction during the 2008
Legislative Session:
1. Junior Hunter/Trapper Mentoring
This bill would establish a junior big-game hunting license and
a junior trapper mentoring program. The junior hunting license would
allow 14- and 15-year-olds (who can already hunt small game with a
firearm) to obtain a license to hunt big game with a firearm. The junior
hunter would have to be accompanied by an adult who a) is 21 years or
older and has at least three years of big-game hunting experience and b)
exercises control over the junior hunter at all times during hunting.
The trapper mentoring program would allow licensed trappers to serve as
“mentors” and allow someone younger than 12 (who doesn’t have a
trapping license) to assist with trapping.
2. Modernize Fish and Wildlife Law
The bill would:
a. Give DEC authority to regulate ring-necked pheasant and quail
statewide.
b. Enable the final federal regulations to set migratory
game-bird hunting seasons in NYS, except where more restrictive
regulations have been adopted by DEC.
c. Permit the use of longbows beyond 250 feet of structures.
d. Allow the taking of snapping turtles by hand, net or turtle
trap.
e. Allow the use of crossbows by seniors/persons with
disabilities.
f. Allow the use of live-restraint cable devices for trapping
furbearing animals.
3. Increase Penalties
This bill would increase civil and criminal penalties for
certain violations of the Environmental Conservation Law, including
illegal taking of deer (deer-jacking).
Monday, March 10, 2008 (518) 402-8000
DEC SUBMITS FISH/WILDLIFE BILLS TO LEGISLATURE
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner
Pete Grannis announced today that the following bills regarding Fish and
Wildlife programs have been submitted for introduction during the 2008
Legislative Session:
1. Junior Hunter/Trapper Mentoring
This bill would establish a junior big-game hunting license and
a junior trapper mentoring program. The junior hunting license would
allow 14- and 15-year-olds (who can already hunt small game with a
firearm) to obtain a license to hunt big game with a firearm. The junior
hunter would have to be accompanied by an adult who a) is 21 years or
older and has at least three years of big-game hunting experience and b)
exercises control over the junior hunter at all times during hunting.
The trapper mentoring program would allow licensed trappers to serve as
“mentors” and allow someone younger than 12 (who doesn’t have a
trapping license) to assist with trapping.
2. Modernize Fish and Wildlife Law
The bill would:
a. Give DEC authority to regulate ring-necked pheasant and quail
statewide.
b. Enable the final federal regulations to set migratory
game-bird hunting seasons in NYS, except where more restrictive
regulations have been adopted by DEC.
c. Permit the use of longbows beyond 250 feet of structures.
d. Allow the taking of snapping turtles by hand, net or turtle
trap.
e. Allow the use of crossbows by seniors/persons with
disabilities.
f. Allow the use of live-restraint cable devices for trapping
furbearing animals.
3. Increase Penalties
This bill would increase civil and criminal penalties for
certain violations of the Environmental Conservation Law, including
illegal taking of deer (deer-jacking).