Bills: SF0025, SF0026, SF0066, SJ0009

Keywords: landowner licenses, hunting, wildlife management, quota hunt areas, game and fish commission, property tax, Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, tax exemption, employee residences, hunting licenses, donated licenses, life-threatening illness, vision impairment, nonprofit organizations, public lands, local governance, land management, resource development, federal agency, agriculture

Bills: SF0025, SF0026, SF0066, SJ0009

Keywords: landowner licenses, hunting, wildlife management, quota hunt areas, game and fish commission, property tax, Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, tax exemption, employee residences, hunting licenses, donated licenses, life-threatening illness, vision impairment, nonprofit organizations, public lands, local governance, land management, resource development, federal agency, agriculture

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• Chair and members, Senate Bill 1280 prohibits the Arizona Game and Fish Commission from transporting
• That Game and Fish is really using, and they have far exceeded that number both now in the wild and also
• SB 1280 would prohibit the Arizona Game and Fish Commission from transporting Mexican gray wolf pups
• the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, and those decisions should remain guided by science and expertise
• The Game and Fish, as of December 25, says there's a minimum of 319 Mexican gray wolves.

Bills: SB1075, SB1144, SB1280

Keywords: foreign ownership, land sales, review commission, national security, property rights, veterinary technicians, certification, education alternative, Arizona Revised Statutes, veterinary education, Mexican gray wolf, Mexican wolf, Mexican gray wolf puppies, Arizona Game and Fish Commission, Arizona Game and Fish Department, endangered species, wolf reintroduction, wolf translocation, cross-fostering, wildlife management

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Bills: SF0025, SF0027, SF0043, SF0066

Keywords: landowner licenses, hunting, wildlife management, quota hunt areas, game and fish commission, game management, hunting regulations, black bear, tracking dogs, wildlife conservation, conservation, contracting, supervisor, funding, districts, hunting licenses, donated licenses, life-threatening illness, vision impairment, nonprofit organizations

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• Angie Bruce, Director of Wyoming Game and Fish.
• Anything for the Game and Fish? Thanks for being here. Really appreciate it.
• We've helped Game and Fish put GPS collars on them.
• We've helped Game and Fish put GPS collars on them.
• We've helped Game and Fish put GPS collars on them.

Bills: SF0025, SF0027, SF0043, SF0066

Keywords: landowner licenses, hunting, wildlife management, quota hunt areas, game and fish commission, game management, hunting regulations, black bear, tracking dogs, wildlife conservation, conservation, contracting, supervisor, funding, districts, hunting licenses, donated licenses, life-threatening illness, vision impairment, nonprofit organizations

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• This allows the Game and Fish Commission to set that at 40% at least. They could set it at 100%.
• This allows the Game and Fish Commission to set that at 40% at least. They could set it at 100%.
• </c> uh through Wyoming Game and Fish. uh through Wyoming Game and Fish.
• </c><01:19:51.440><c> own</c> game and fish through their own game and fish through their own regulations

Bills: SF0025, SF0027, SF0043, SF0066

Keywords: landowner licenses, hunting, wildlife management, quota hunt areas, game and fish commission, game management, hunting regulations, black bear, tracking dogs, wildlife conservation, conservation, contracting, supervisor, funding, districts, hunting licenses, donated licenses, life-threatening illness, vision impairment, nonprofit organizations

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• Chair and members, Senate Bill 1290 prohibits the Arizona Game and Fish Commission from transporting
• I represent the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, and we are registered neutral for the bill.
• I represent the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, and we are registered neutral for this bill.
• And I thank the Game and Fish Commission for coming and speaking to it.
• And this is, I would think, something for the Game and Fish Commission to hopefully get a chance to see

Bills: SB1005, SB1202, SB1278, SB1279, SB1280, SB1287

Keywords: cosmetics, animal testing, prohibition, manufacturers, sales regulation, state preemption, groundwater, water conservation, Arizona water resources, drought management, water quality, solar radiation management, environment, regulation, Arizona Revised Statutes, weather modification, licensing, environmental impact, public safety, cloud seeding

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• Now, I will say that the livestock loss board, working together with the Game and Fish Commission and
• Chair, members, House Bill 2162 requires at least one member of the Arizona Game and Fish Commission
• to be a cattle... ...requires at least one member of the Arizona Game and Fish Commission to be a cattleman
• The Game and Fish Commission is charged with managing wildlife in the public trust for all of its residents
• And to that effect, I would say rural Arizona has always been well represented on the Game and Fish Commission

Bills: HB2155, HB2156, HB2162, HB2762, HB2791

Keywords: Arizona Beef Council, agriculture, market development, beef products, terminating council, livestock, compensation, funding, ranching, game and fish commission, wildlife, appointment, commission membership, Arizona Revised Statutes, food labeling, cultivated cells, cell-cultured products, consumer information, food safety, cell-cultured protein

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• authority to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission.
• for abusing it via the Arizona Game and Fish Commission.
• You can go back and look at the history of the Arizona Game and Fish Commission.
• The chair of the commission, of Game and Fish Commission... Marsha?
• Our Game and Fish Commission, excuse me, is a civilian board.

Bills: HB2023, HB2100, HB2147, HB2158, HB2159, HB2162, HB2197, HB2497, HB2787, HCM2006

Keywords: land division, property disclosure, real estate, affidavit, Arizona Revised Statutes, small land subdivision, land use, real estate regulation, county ordinance, water supply requirements, property access, civil penalties, wildlife management, deer permits, private land, landowner rights, human-wildlife conflict, predatory animals, hunting regulations, game and fish

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• And really, when you're four fish.
• </c><00:06:36.800><c> and</c> in getting people out fishing and in getting people out fishing and especially
• </c><00:07:21.120><c> and</c> through anglers keeping more fish and through anglers keeping more fish
• Um, wildlife management areas get money from the Game and Fish Fund to manage those.
• </c><00:41:32.000><c> manage</c> the the game and fish fund to manage the the game and fish fund to manage

Bills: HF624

Keywords: HF624, Minnesota fishing law, game and fish, walleye stamp, walleye stamp validation, angling, angler, fishing lines, two lines, four lines, open water fishing, ice fishing, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, fishing regulations, fish harvest, conservation, Minnesota Statutes 97C.315, 1183, house

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• So all the kids can get their pre-gaming activity in and get outside and run around before they, you
• their dogs track and locate in trees squirrels, non-game, and fur-bearing animals.
• The $50 acquired for the field trial event is deposited in the Game and Fish and Water Safety Account
• the dog took game, and the game went up the tree, climbing.
• watching your dog do what it's trained and bred to do, and not necessarily to take game.

Bills: SB2801, SB2232, SCR18

Keywords: SB 2801, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Parks and Wildlife Code, field trial permit, hunting dog field trial, coonhound trial, dog trial, squirrel hunting, fur-bearing animals, nongame animals, hunting license exemption, wildlife management, public land permit, private land hunting, game fish and water safety account, permit fee, commission rules, Parks and Wildlife Department, Unplug Texas Day, digital detox

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• by going out and dropping a line and doing a little bit of fishing.
• I'm the Executive Director for the Minfish Sport Fishing Foundation and Coalition.
• Our primary concern is wanting to improve fishing in Minnesota through proper management and quality
• Maybe they went and fished with Billy next door; they come back home, they talk to mom and dad and say
• As opposed to March and April, when this proposed fishing season would occur.

Bills: HF647, HF2824, HF1249, HF623, HF820

Keywords: water appropriation, aquifer management, potable water, water conservation, environmental policy, fishing regulation, angling, sustainability, biodiversity, game fish, Carley State Park, Minnesota state parks, state lands, park boundary expansion, Wabasha County, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, public lands, land acquisition, park addition

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• dropping a line and doing a little bit of fishing.
• fish sport fishing foundation the minf fish sport fishing foundation and<00:03:12.560><c> Coalition<
• Maybe they went and fished with Billy next door.
• Maybe they went and fished with Billy next door.
• </c><00:07:17.960><c> door</c><00:07:18.520><c> they</c> and fished with Billy next door they and fished

Bills: HF647, HF2824, HF1249, HF623, HF820

Keywords: water appropriation, aquifer management, potable water, water conservation, environmental policy, fishing regulation, angling, sustainability, biodiversity, game fish, Carley State Park, Minnesota state parks, state lands, park boundary expansion, Wabasha County, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, public lands, land acquisition, park addition

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• And uh that is what we wanted you to do, to be rigorous in that grant. have skin in the game you know
• c> losers</c><00:45:43.440><c> and</c><00:45:43.920><c> and</c> And there's winners and losers and and
• for different teams and you hard not to fight that way and we bring that to these commissions and really
• of change in the leadership role and luckily we have amazing staff that the commission does.
• , and many of those commissions probably are not very active right now because members are required to

Bills: HF4148

Keywords: Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, Outdoor Heritage Fund, executive director, natural resources, conservation, wetlands, prairies, forests, wildlife habitat, fish and game, bipartisan hiring, interview panel, legislative branch, Minnesota Statutes 97A.056, administrative expenses, nonpartisan staff, council governance, environment and natural resources, 1183, house

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• the International Boundary and Water Commission to ensure that Mexico complies with the 19 44 treaty
• and farmers and ranchers.
• The treaty that was signed in 1944 establishing the International Boundary and Water Commission and prescribed
• Boundary and Water Commission, only 30% of the water used in this region... comes from Mexico.
• This project is a game-changer and could be part of the long-term solution in addressing our water crisis

Bills: SCR13, SB1248

Keywords: water rights, treaty compliance, Rio Grande, agriculture, drought, international water, Texas water supply, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, TPWD, harvest reports, wildlife harvest data, public information act, open records, confidentiality, hunter privacy, angler data, game animals, game birds, fur-bearing animals, nongame animals

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• In August 2025, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission is expected to take action to expand digital
• Boundary and Water Commission to ensure that Mexico complies with the 1944 Treaty regarding shared water
• The treaty that was signed in 1944 established the International Boundary and Water Commission and prescribed
• This project is a game changer and can be part of the long-term solution in addressing our water crisis
• This project is a game changer and can be part of the long-term solution in addressing our water crisis

Bills: SCR13, SB1248

Keywords: water rights, treaty compliance, Rio Grande, agriculture, drought, international water, Texas water supply, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, TPWD, harvest reports, wildlife harvest data, public information act, open records, confidentiality, hunter privacy, angler data, game animals, game birds, fur-bearing animals, nongame animals

Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met without a quorum at first, then later established quorum and proceeded with testimony and votes. Senate Bill 1248, by Chair Perry, was explained as a narrow Open Records Act exception to protect harvest report location data collected through Texas Parks and Wildlife’s digital tagging system. Support testimony came from Matt Wagner of the Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society, who said the bill would protect private land and sensitive biological information while preserving useful wildlife data. No one testified against the bill, and it was left pending until later in the meeting. The committee then heard Senate Concurrent Resolution 13, which urges the State Department and the International Boundary and Water Commission to press Mexico to comply with the 1944 Water Treaty and deliver its share of Rio Grande water. Senator Hinojosa, farmers, municipal officials, and other witnesses described severe water shortages in South Texas, low reservoir levels, crop losses, the closure of the Valley sugar industry, and the need for alternative supplies such as desalination, reuse, and drainage-runoff projects. Members also discussed treaty enforcement, regional drought, and the role of cartels and Mexican water storage, while emphasizing that Texas must also invest in its own water infrastructure. The committee also considered Senate Bill 740, which the committee substitute amended to require the Public Utility Commission to adopt a standardized application form for system improvement charges and complete related rulemaking by September 1, 2026, applying only to applications filed on or after that date. Members discussed concerns about water wholesalers using the process to delay cases and drive up costs, and the need for more transparency and PUC resources. The committee voted to adopt the substitute and report SB 740 favorably. After returning to the earlier items, the committee voted SB 1248 out favorably and recommended it for the local and uncontested calendar, and voted SCR 13 out favorably as well. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• rules and policies in managing and containing Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).
• and community engagement.
• I would like to have Parks and Wildlife come up as a resource witness on this and Mr. True.
• All right, we'll have you state your name and who you represent. And we'll work it out.
• I'm the Wildlife Division Director for Texas Parks and Wildlife, and I'm testifying neutral.

Bills: SB2031, SB2386, SB2476, SB2801, SB2843, SB2844, SB2846, SB2885

Keywords: deer breeding, chronic wasting disease, wildlife management, release site, landowner rights, TCEQ, environmental quality, administrative actions, public notice, legislative oversight, water supply, Angelina and Neches River Authority, ownership transfer, public utilities, Certificate of Convenience and Necessity, SB 2801, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Parks and Wildlife Code, field trial permit, hunting dog field trial

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• I write grants, gather donations, and use that money to purchase and package seed packets and give them
• My EA has chickens, and... In West City, and she raises them and sells eggs out of it.
• And with that, I'm gonna say a few words, and And that's just who the senator is that's running this
• And I think his intention is good, and I think he will.
• And if you've got ideas, please come to me, and let's talk about it and let's find a solution.

Bills: SB1550, SB2065, SB2110, SB2111, SB2114, SB2152, SB2159, SB2172

Keywords: burn ban, drought, emergency powers, county commissioners, fire safety, wildfire prevention, pollinator, state symbols, agriculture, insects, environment, SB2110, eggs, ungraded eggs, graded eggs, egg sales, poultry, farmers market, direct-to-consumer sales, local food

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• And if you will introduce yourself and tell everybody where you're from and who you're with?
• And, Mr.
• Right now, if a dog repeatedly trespasses on a private property and chases or harasses wildlife, game
• And I am, you know, when he started this, him and I talked, and I know how many people he's talked to
• And he's willing to work. And that's why I struck title.

Bills: SB1550, SB2065, SB2110, SB2111, SB2114, SB2152, SB2159, SB2172

Keywords: burn ban, drought, emergency powers, county commissioners, fire safety, wildfire prevention, pollinator, state symbols, agriculture, insects, environment, SB2110, eggs, ungraded eggs, graded eggs, egg sales, poultry, farmers market, direct-to-consumer sales, local food

Summary: The committee took up several agriculture and wildlife-related bills. Senate Bill 1550, presented by Senator Axson, would give county commissioners more authority to issue burn bans during drought conditions and provide liability protection for those decisions; it passed 13-0. Senate Bill 2065, presented by Senator Bullard with help from Lucille Morehouse, would designate several native pollinators and recognize the importance of pollinators to agriculture and food production; it passed 12-0. Senate Bill 2152, by Senator Kern, would allow the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation to move black bear muzzleloader and archery season earlier, starting no earlier than September 1; it passed 12-0. Senate Bill 2159, by Senator Peterson, would designate wheat as the state crop; it passed 12-0. Senate Bill 2172, also by Senator Peterson, would prohibit future ownership, sale, trade, or breeding of primates while allowing existing lawful owners to register and comply with rules, with exceptions for sanctuaries, research, veterinary, law enforcement, and zoo settings; it passed 11-0. The committee also heard Senate Bill 2110 from Senator Murdoch, which would allow farmers to sell ungraded eggs. Members raised concerns about the low egg limit and asked about sales to restaurants and urban farms; the author said he would work on the number and other details. The bill passed 11-0. Senate Bill 2111, also by Senator Murdoch, would remove the orange-clothing requirement for hunters on private hunt reserves or private hunt facilities; it passed 12-0. Finally, Senator Guthrie presented Senate Bill 2114, as amended by committee substitute, to make it unlawful to knowingly, recklessly, or negligently allow a dog to harass wildlife on property without permission, while excluding lawful hunting, livestock protection dogs, and brief accidental crossings. Members discussed dog hunting, property rights, and possible GPS or collar language; the chairman struck the title to allow further work on the bill. The measure passed 12-1. The meeting then adjourned after the chair noted the committee would continue with more bills in future meetings.

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• It was a massive structural change in the former Game and Fish Commission, changing it into a wildlife
• I'm a long-retired career employee of the Game and Fish Department.
• I'm a long-retired career employee of the Game and Fish Department, and I recently retired as a long-term
• We work very closely with the Department of Game and Fish and with the Wildlife Commission.
• Department of Game and Fish and with the Wildlife Commission, we've seen firsthand the negative that

Bills: SB104, SJR3, SM3

Keywords: wildlife commission, removal procedures, malfeasance, appointed officials, governance, education reform, public education, state board of education, superintendent, chartering authority, constitutional amendment, policy setting, insects, insect workshop, insect identification, ecology, monitoring, management, pollinators, pollination