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Committee hears support and privacy concerns for bill adding 'habitat strongholds' and corridors to conservation inventories
Summary
SB 592 would add habitat strongholds and wildlife corridors to local conservation-commission inventories and regional planning purposes. Conservation groups, Fish and Game and land trusts supported the change while timberland owners raised privacy and redundancy concerns; sponsor and witnesses said the bill does not alter private property rights.
Sen. David Waters presented SB 592, which adds habitat strongholds and wildlife corridors (as defined in statute) to the responsibilities of municipal conservation commissions and regional planning commissions.
Sponsor and rationale Waters said the bill builds on previous work, including definitions adopted in a 2019 statute (noted as Senate Bill 200) and the recently released state wildlife action plan. The amendment clarifies language (replacing 'index' with 'inventory') and removes an item about…
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