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Conservation groups urge committee to preserve Natural Resources Commission
Summary
Conservation and hunting groups told the Government and Regulatory Reform Committee that eliminating the Natural Resources Commission would cut a public oversight layer important for wildlife management, disease response and public trust; they asked the committee to remove that provision from HB 1003.
Several conservation and outdoor-recreation organizations asked the House Government and Regulatory Reform Committee to remove language in House Bill 1003 that would eliminate or sunset the Natural Resources Commission.
Dan Borritt, executive director of the Indiana Wildlife Federation, said the NRC is "our primary portal for input for our wildlife and our wild spaces in the state" and warned that eliminating it would risk losing ‘‘the voice of the very people…
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