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Makes me wonder who had a long talk with some timber company lobbyists.
I'm not quite understanding this bill, can you post bill link and break it down for me?
Quote from: northwesthunter84 on January 13, 2017, 08:18:52 AMMakes me wonder who had a long talk with some timber company lobbyists. Well just by the sponsor's names...The WA Tea Party....
Quote from: mfswallace on January 13, 2017, 08:23:01 AMI'm not quite understanding this bill, can you post bill link and break it down for me?That's basically the bill.Here's an example: If I owned 5 acres and a herd of elk is going nuts and tearing up my property WDFW would come out and take a look at it. In order to get a damage claim payment (basically restitution for the state's animal destroying my property) I would have to show I did something in order to prevent it, such as fencing, or allowing hunting on my property. Under current law it basically says that some property may be too small to allow hunting and so if I fall in that class I can't not get a settlement check because I didn't allow hunting. What the bill does is completely takes out the hunting aspect for ALL damage claims. So it doesn't matter if you own 5 acres where hunting may not be feasible or 10,000 acres where hunting is feasible.
I didn't think timber companies qualified for damage compensation by WDFW, only agricultural crops. I don't think this bill is aimed at timber companies at all.