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The Vermont Legislature started a new two year session with their arrival in Montpelier on January 3rd. As always, there are familiar and new faces in the ranks of our elected officials.

The Federation agenda for this biennium will have the constant factors of protecting the rights of gun ownership/shooting, hunting, fishing and trapping.

We will act to not only protect but also expand the best interests of participants in these activities. We will introduce and support bills introduced that conforms our agenda and oppose proposed legislation which conflicts with it.

We can project the need to act in the matters of perennial issues, but are prepared to react to critical issues as they arise.

At the start of the 2007-2008 Legislative Session, the Federation in general will work with the legislature and Vermont F&W to:

• pursue the improvement of activities and lands for use by all Vermonters, but with a specific focus on hunting, fishing and trapping;
• increase the opportunities and facilities for the shooting sports;
• work to expand the use of state lands and facilities for the shooting sports, with a particular focus on shooter/hunter safety and proficiency.

Recognizing the best way to attain safe and skilled adults is by the proper training of our youth, we will work to train our future outdoors men & women and shooters.

Specifically the Federation will:

• act to protect, and as possible, extend the Vermont Sportsmen’s Bill of Rights, 24 VSA Section 2295;
• support legislation, policy and regulation for managing wildlife resources and property on the basis of a well reasoned and objective review in the pursuit of sound public policy - science and not emotion must be the standard to be used on these important matters;
• support the improvement of the access opportunities for public use of state owned property by:
  • the improvement of state water access sites;
  • the improvement of the management of State lands, such as Wildlife Management Areas;
• promote investigation of expanded property tax incentives for lands managed and made available for hunting, shooting, fishing and trapping.