Update! - April 26
Senate Bill 109 was NOT voted on yesterday as proposed. This is a good thing because it gives concerned sportsmen more time to contact key legislators (Senators Looney, Austin, Kennedy, Larson and Doyle) to voice opposition. Let's make our voices heard!
The key point is that there was no due process for the public to comment on the amendment that would close waterfowl hunting on the Quinnipiac River in New Haven between Interstate 91 and 95. This bill usurps the existing system already created by the Legislature to use the Hunting Review Team process, which has worked very well providing public safety while maintaining some access for sportsmen.
Please call! If you get to speak with these Senators or their aides, that's great! If you have to leave a message, so be it. It could be as simple as an email encouraging the Senators to vote against S.B. 109.
Thank you.
Greg Chasko
President, CWA
Senate Bill 109 was NOT voted on yesterday as proposed. This is a good thing because it gives concerned sportsmen more time to contact key legislators (Senators Looney, Austin, Kennedy, Larson and Doyle) to voice opposition. Let's make our voices heard!
The key point is that there was no due process for the public to comment on the amendment that would close waterfowl hunting on the Quinnipiac River in New Haven between Interstate 91 and 95. This bill usurps the existing system already created by the Legislature to use the Hunting Review Team process, which has worked very well providing public safety while maintaining some access for sportsmen.
Please call! If you get to speak with these Senators or their aides, that's great! If you have to leave a message, so be it. It could be as simple as an email encouraging the Senators to vote against S.B. 109.
Thank you.
Greg Chasko
President, CWA
URGENT ALERT!! ACTION NEEDED!!
Senate Bill 109 contains an amendment that would create a state wildlife refuge on the Quinnipiac River in New Haven between Interstate 91 and 95. This is an “end run” attempt by the Bill’s sponsor to close the entire area to waterfowl hunting. Much of the area is already closed to hunting based on a DEEP Hunting Review Team (HRT) Evaluation a few years back. However, the HRT concluded that a small portion of the area was safe and waterfowl hunting should not be prohibited. That area will be closed if this bill passes.
Given the difficulty of access to waterfowl hunting sites in Connecticut, all remaining sites are valuable. However, the more important issue is the precedent that would be set if the legislature starts to close areas by statute instead of using the Hunting Review Team process which has worked very well providing necessary public safety while maintaining some access for sportsmen.
Unfortunately, this amendment is attached to a bill that does some good things for the environment. Nevertheless, I urge all sportsmen to contact their Senators and Representatives and oppose S.B. 109. Please act soon, this bill could come up for a Senate vote as early as April 11, 2018.
Greg Chasko
President, Connecticut Waterfowlers Association
Senate Bill 109 contains an amendment that would create a state wildlife refuge on the Quinnipiac River in New Haven between Interstate 91 and 95. This is an “end run” attempt by the Bill’s sponsor to close the entire area to waterfowl hunting. Much of the area is already closed to hunting based on a DEEP Hunting Review Team (HRT) Evaluation a few years back. However, the HRT concluded that a small portion of the area was safe and waterfowl hunting should not be prohibited. That area will be closed if this bill passes.
Given the difficulty of access to waterfowl hunting sites in Connecticut, all remaining sites are valuable. However, the more important issue is the precedent that would be set if the legislature starts to close areas by statute instead of using the Hunting Review Team process which has worked very well providing necessary public safety while maintaining some access for sportsmen.
Unfortunately, this amendment is attached to a bill that does some good things for the environment. Nevertheless, I urge all sportsmen to contact their Senators and Representatives and oppose S.B. 109. Please act soon, this bill could come up for a Senate vote as early as April 11, 2018.
Greg Chasko
President, Connecticut Waterfowlers Association
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2019 Annual Fund Raising Banquet
CWA is asking our members to make suggestions on a venue for next year's Annual Banquet. These events have to be planned many months in advance to secure the dates we would like. If you would like to submit a suggestion, please CLICK HERE to go to the Members' Survey page and submit your option. Sporting Clays Shoot
Sunday October 7, 2018 Guilford Sportsmen’s Association. We need to get 50 shooters! Click here to respond! The 2018 Connecticut Hunting and Trapping Guide is now available on the DEEP website.
2018 Licenses are available now. Click here. The new Member Survey Page is available. Members are encouraged to express there opinions and provide feedback on CWA issues.
Bill Brubaker, an Instructor at the Barn for Artistic Youth (BAY) in Niantic, Connecticut, and his daughter Kathryn, who also works there, show off some mounts of waterfowl contributed to them by CWA. The BAY is a private art studio directed by Bill’s wife, Sophia, which provides art lessons to students of all ages and also to adults. They have provided many of the entries to Connecticut's Junior Duck Stamp Contest, administered by CWA. The BAY was sorely in need of additional mounts for students to use for their paintings and CWA came to the rescue!
The mounts were generously donated to CWA by Mark Luthman from Hubbardston, Massachusetts. Mark is an excellent taxidermist and a well-known goose hunting expert. In fact, his close friends call him the "Goose Commander.” CWA thanks Mark for his donation and knows that the BAY will put them to good use. If you have an interest in learning or further developing your painting skills, please contact the BAY at www.barn4art.com. Wildlife Highlights is a free electronic newsletter for anyone interested in Connecticut's wildlife and the outdoors!
Subscribe to 'Wildlife Highlights' The CWA Carver’s page features our member decoy carvers. If you want your work featured, please download the listing form at the left and send in with your text and images.
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