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House approves consolidation of two wildlife boards, sponsors say step aims to reduce board conflict
Summary
House passed HB 250 to consolidate the state's wildlife boards into a single board advised by statutory regional advisory councils; sponsor argued consolidation reduces polarizing appointments and has endorsements across traditionally opposed groups. The bill passed 66–5 and moves to the Senate.
Representative Steven M. Bodley introduced House Bill 2 50, describing it as "one of the most significant bills we'll deal with as far as wildlife policy is concerned." He traced the bill to a task force created to examine wildlife management and said the measure implements the task force recommendation to merge the Board of Big Game Control and the Wildlife Board into a single, statutory wildlife board advised by regional…
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