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State committee debates S-224 language on fishing tournaments, access points and invasive-species controls
Summary
Department of Fish & Wildlife officials told the Natural Resources & Energy committee they have concerns with draft S-224 language that could limit departmental oversight of access-area uses and create conflicts with federal funding; the agencies will draft guidance and report back by Jan. 15, 2027.
The Natural Resources & Energy committee on Feb. 17 heard Department of Fish & Wildlife concerns about language in draft S-224 that would affect public access areas, fishing tournaments and aquatic invasive-species controls.
Department officials said they appreciate the bill’s intent but worry that making decontamination or boat-washing stations an automatically authorized use at access areas could remove important departmental oversight and create conflicts with federal funding for those sites. "We submitted the language that we submitted to you, in a way to be helpful," Commissioner Jason Passover said, while also noting the department was "generally, leaning toward being opposed" to parts of…
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