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Testifier urges lawmakers to pass bill allowing limited backyard wildlife feeding; lawmakers press on pests and enforcement
Summary
A state representative urged committee members to pass a proposal that would limit criminal baiting enforcement on residents who feed birds and small mammals near homes; lawmakers asked whether the measure would affect pest ordinances and how officers would measure scattered feed.
A state representative urged a committee to pass legislation intended to stop enforcement actions against people who place small amounts of wildlife food near homes, saying continued conservation department citations had driven the speaker to run for office.
"Please consider passing my bill and let grandma feed her wildlife in peace," the representative said during testimony, summarizing the measure as narrowly written to allow small, clearly residential feeding.
The bill as described would allow residents to provide up to 2 gallons of feed…
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