Committee hears support and caution on moving Maine Natural Areas Program to IF&W
Rep. Jim Dill presented LD 21‑18, a department bill to transfer the Maine Natural Areas Program (MNAP) from DACF to IF&W. Commissioner Judy Camuso said the move would align plant and wildlife conservation, reduce duplication and improve data use; stakeholders broadly supported transfer but urged careful limits on any new rulemaking authority.
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Representative Jim Dill presented LD 21‑18, a department bill to repeal MNAP provisions in ACF and reassign the program’s functions to the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IF&W). Dill said the move had been discussed for years and that the bill reestablishes the Natural Areas Conservation Fund under IF&W.
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