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  • Sportsmen Condemn House Attempt to Weaken Clean Water Act
    Yuba Net
    By Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
    June 22, 2011
    American sportsmen today strongly criticized the House Transportation Committee for hastily passing legislation that would dramatically weaken the Clean Water Act and undercut four decades of progress in restoring the nation's waters and wetlands...
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  • House Vote Blocks FDA Approval of Genetically Engineered Salmon
    Matter Network
    June 21, 2011
    The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed an amendment that blocks the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from approving genetically engineered (GE) salmon - the first genetically engineered animal intended for human consumption.
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  • Congress, American Farm Bureau warn of overreach on wetlands
    Tri-State Livestock News
    By Todd Neeley
    May 7, 2011
    Despite a suggestion by federal lawmakers that it should be done through an act of Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday, April 27, issued a proposed clean water protection guidance that is expected to expand the number of U.S....
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  • National Hunting Groups Applaud Release of Clean Water Guidance
    Ammoland.com
    April 27, 2011
    Some of the nation’s top sportsmen’s organizations – Ducks Unlimited, the Izaak Walton League of America, the National Wildlife Federation, Trout Unlimited and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership – applaud the administration for taking...
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  • Worst of proposed budget averted
    Denver Post
    By Scott Willoughby
    April 17, 2011
    Now that the dust has cleared and lawmakers have come to an agreement on the federal budget for fiscal 2011, it's time to assess the damage. Let's just say it could have been worse.
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  • Sportsmen oppose cuts in House funding bill
    Great Falls Tribune
    By Michael Babcock, Tribune Outdoor Editor
    March 30, 2011
    Sportsmen's groups warned Wednesday that budget cuts to conservation programs proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives will hit Montana and other rural states hard. The cuts are contained in House Resolution 1, passed by the U.S. House of...
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