BHA Response to McMorris Rodgers’ Nomination as Interior Secretary

By Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

MISSOULA, Mont. -(Ammoland.com)- In response to President-elect Donald Trump’s expected nomination of Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers as U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers President and CEO Land Tawney issued the following statement:

“Representative McMorris Rodgers’ track record in Congress should raise a red flag for Americans who care about the responsible management of our public lands and waters. President-elect Trump has pledged to keep public lands in public hands, and American sportsmen expect him to be true to his word.

“Representative McMorris Rodgers’ misguided positions on public lands, including co-sponsoring bills that would have transferred public lands to private ownership and undermined the Land and Water Conservation Fund, one of America’s most successful and popular conservation programs, are troubling to say the least.”

McMorris Rodgers has represented Washington’s 5th congressional district, which includes Spokane and the eastern third of the state, since 2005. In 2011 she co-sponsored the Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act, which would have transferred ownership of more than 3 million acres of public lands to private interests.

Last year, she advocated to limit public lands acquisitions via the LWCF, …Read the Rest

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