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Representative Noel asks to open bill file for tongue‑in‑cheek 'Urban Wildlands Enjoyment Act'
Summary
Representative Noel asked the House for leave to open a bill file proposing an 'Urban Wildlands Enjoyment Act' that would transplant prairie dogs, owls and other species into urban parks; the motion to open the bill file passed after prolonged, mostly good‑natured floor exchanges.
Representative Noel used floor time on March 7 to request leave to open a bill file for what he described as the 'Urban Wildlands Enjoyment Act,' a proposal — part serious, part whimsical — to introduce threatened or familiar wildlife into urban park and golf course settings so that children and urban residents could experience those species firsthand.
Noel described potential elements including translocating prairie dogs, creating habitat corridors, experimenting with species such as spotted owls or prairie dogs in urban greenways and linking the effort to…
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