Two Studies Show Environmental Lawsuits Paid For By Program For Seniors, Veterans, and Small Business

– Government Not Accounting for Costs

MISSOULA, Mont. (May 2, 2012) Studies released independently by Notre Dame Law School and the Government Accountability Office show that environmental groups pad their claims for reimbursed legal fees using a social program entitled the Equal Access to Justice Act, and the U.S. is not keeping track of expenditures.

A Notre Dame law review article shows that a 1980 law intended for seniors, veterans, and small businesses is utilized by environmental groups to get pay-backs for their lawsuits as well. A GAO study shows that no one really knows how much money has been spent, but the amounts are at least several million dollars a year.

See the Notre Dame Law School study at the link below:

http://www.boone-crockett.org/images/editor/ND_EAJA.pdf

See the GAO study at the link below:

http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-417R Read more

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Four U.S Olympic Team Slots to be Determined in Tucson

The nation’s best shotgun competitors will put years of hard work and training on the line May 17-20 in hopes of earning the right to represent the United States at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Shotgun are coming to the Tucson Trap & Skeet Club (TTSC) outside Tucson, Ariz., and securing one of the four Olympic spots available will be as intense as the desert heat. Read more

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Peregrine Falcons Get High Marks for Nesting

An experiment started more than 20 years ago to reintroduce peregrine falcons to Indiana is paying off with impressive numbers this spring.   Sixteen nesting attempts have been observed and seven of those sites so far have hatched chicks, including two from Indiana’s most prolific peregrine-Kinney. The 16 attempts are three more than in any previous year and an increase of four from last year. Read more

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Bushnell Offers Backtrack Rebate

Overland Park, Kan. – Bushnell Outdoor Products, an industry-leader in high performance sports optics for more than 60 years, has announced a $25 mail-in rebate for its popular BackTrack D-TOUR personal GPS device. The BackTrack series of simple to operate navigation devices have revolutionized the handheld GPS market, giving users an easy way to mark waypoints and find their way from point A to point B without a lot of unnecessary, complicated features. Read more

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Michigan Senator is Key to Passage of Pro-Sportsmen Bill

Call Senator Debbie Stabenow today to help protect your right to hunt, fish, and shoot!

The most significant pro-sportsmen’s legislation of the past 15 years is now in the U.S. Senate.  Michigan’s Senator Debbie Stabenow is one of a handful of Senators that can determine whether the bill makes it to President Barack Obama’s desk for his signature.

H.R. 4089, the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012, addresses top priority issues of the sportsmen’s community.  The bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives with bipartisan support on Tuesday, April 17th by a vote of 274-146.  Read more on H.R. 4089 below.

Without Senator Stabenow’s support, the bill may not get a vote in the Senate! Michigan sportsmen should call Senator Stabenow today and ask her to support H.R. 4089.

Facing re-election, Senator Stabenow is in an influential position to push Senate leadership for a vote on the measure.  Sportsmen need to call on the Senator to do just that.

Michigan sportsmen can help protect the future of hunting, fishing, and shooting by contacting Senator Stabenow and asking for her support.  Contact Senator Stabenow at: Phone:  (202) 224-4822 Online:  Click here to contact Sen. Stabenow online.

The Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012, H.R. 4089, would: Classify Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service lands as open to hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting unless closed or restricted based on scientific evidence; Confirm that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cannot ban lead in traditional ammunition or in sport fishing gear; Protect recreational shooting on BLM National Monument lands; and Allow the import of 41 legally hunted polar bear trophies tangled in federal red-tape. Read more

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Michigan Elk Poachers Sought

Officials are seeking information about elk poaching in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula.   The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said that a bull elk was shot and killed in Otsego County during the week of April 19 and a pregnant cow elk was shot on or around March 14 in Montmorency County.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Gaylord Operations Center at (989) 732-3541 or the state’s poaching line at (800) 292-7800.

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Contempt Charges Prepared for Eric Holder

Republicans prepare comtempt of court charges in the wake of the Obama administration’s continued hiding of evidence in the Fast and Furious investigation.  Remember how Obama promised to be the most open administration in history?  Sure hope the door remains open so we can push him out this fall.  More on evidence hiding here…

The letter from Darrell Issa, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is here…

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