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Kretz's Wolf Expansion Bill
« on: January 21, 2013, 09:39:04 AM »
Well Rep Kretz said it was coming, and here it is. House Bill 1258 “ensuring that all Washingtonians share the benefits of an expanding wolf population” was introduced today. Kretz is the only sponsor. Now Kretz has even admitted this bill was more of a “making a point” then actually getting it set into law. Here is the full bill:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.

(1) The legislature finds that the rich habitat created by the land stewardship of Washington's private landowners has created circumstances that allow the state to enjoy an expanding gray wolf population. Unfortunately, however, this bounty has been geographically limited to areas in eastern Washington and the entire citizenship of the state has not been fully able to enjoy the reestablishment of this majestic species.
(2) The legislature further finds that the department of fish and wildlife can accelerate the pace by which all Washingtonians can enjoy the ecological benefits of an intact food web with a healthy population of apex predators by translocating gray wolves in areas of the state where wolf numbers are plentiful to areas currently deprived of their ecological contributions.
(3) The legislature further finds that an adult gray wolf needs a minimum of fifty square miles to range on an annual basis; a size of suitable habitat that can be provided in areas of the state west of the crest of the Cascade mountains. In fact, the western part of Washington is uniquely situated to support wolf ranges of this size while still providing natural and existing man-made barriers to migration from the translocation sites to the large population centers of the Interstate 5 corridor.
(4) The legislature further finds that a robust wolf translocation program will benefit both the species, in its efforts to repopulate Washington, and the areas receiving the wolves through the increases in ecological health brought by the species. Although the areas from where the wolves are removed will experience a slight reduction in wolf population and the benefits they bring, the legislature finds that the remaining individuals will quickly fill this void through breeding and the natural migration of the species from other political jurisdictions.


NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 77.36 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The department shall, in an effort to perpetuate the species and minimize landowner conflicts, rely on the translocation of wolves as the primary tool for managing wolf-related wildlife interactions in the areas of the state where wolves are naturally occurring.
(2) A wolf may only be translocated from an area of the state where it naturally occurred to an area of the state where conditions exist to improve, maintain, or manage riparian or other ecosystem functions and where a geographic barrier exists between the translocation area and the rest of the state. Such areas include:
  (a) Any island sized at least fifty square miles, due to the natural water barrier to migration; and
  (b) The Olympic Peninsula, due to Interstate 5 and highway 12 barriers to migration.

http://dlr.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/default.aspx?Bill=1258&year=2013

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Re: Kretz's Wolf Expansion Bill
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2013, 10:06:32 AM »
Good for him. If nothing else comes of it at least it should open up real discussion.
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Re: Kretz's Wolf Expansion Bill
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2013, 10:11:05 AM »
Good for him. If nothing else comes of it at least it should open up real discussion.

The bill was sent to the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. This committee is chaired and vice chaired by two democrats. These two individuals essentially decide what bills get a discussion, and which ones do not. I'll leave it at that.

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Re: Kretz's Wolf Expansion Bill
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2013, 10:29:17 AM »
Good for him. If nothing else comes of it at least it should open up real discussion.

The bill was sent to the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. This committee is chaired and vice chaired by two democrats. These two individuals essentially decide what bills get a discussion, and which ones do not. I'll leave it at that.
Oh! Well nevermind then.
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Re: Kretz's Wolf Expansion Bill
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2013, 10:42:35 AM »
wonder if he can just reword it when they throw it out and keep submitting it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and, u get it....  :chuckle:

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Re: Kretz's Wolf Expansion Bill
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2013, 10:47:32 AM »
Good for him. If nothing else comes of it at least it should open up real discussion.

The bill was sent to the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. This committee is chaired and vice chaired by two democrats. These two individuals essentially decide what bills get a discussion, and which ones do not. I'll leave it at that.

I will respectfully disagree. Democrats are the ones who make up the majority of support for wolves and this kind of crap. Secondly it could save dozens of wolves from being killed, and third most of them are too stupid to understand the consequences of their actions anyway!
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Re: Kretz's Wolf Expansion Bill
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2013, 10:54:00 AM »
Good for him. If nothing else comes of it at least it should open up real discussion.

The bill was sent to the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. This committee is chaired and vice chaired by two democrats. These two individuals essentially decide what bills get a discussion, and which ones do not. I'll leave it at that.

I will respectfully disagree. Democrats are the ones who make up the majority of support for wolves and this kind of crap. Secondly it could save dozens of wolves from being killed, and third most of them are too stupid to understand the consequences of their actions anyway!

My point is the these two individuals set the schedule for the comittee. They bring bills to a hearing they believe can/should pass. If Kretz himself says it won't pass....

 


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