NOTE THE BIAS IN THIS ARTICLE Groups opposing the bills include Penn Future, Sierra Club, Trout Unlimited, Audubon Society, Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmens Clubs and the Game and Fish and Boat commissions. Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania State Camp Lessees Association have sided with the Marcellus Shale Coalition, Associated Petroleum Industries of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Association in endorsing the bills. In a co-authored position statement, Unified Sportsmen and the State Camp group said they strongly support the Endangered Species Coordination Act. For too long, extremist environmental organizations, lacking a basic foundation of education or scientific proof regarding the positions they advance, have been wrongly influencing state agencies in a goal to permanently prevent various groups from using our state forests, says the statement, in part. Senate Bill 1047 and House Bill 1576 are in committee. Learn more about the bills at the PG Rod & Gun Club blog (blogs.post-gazette/sports/rod-gun-club). Fly tying course Read more: post-gazette/sports/outdoors/2014/01/26/Groups-take-sides-on-endangered-species-bills/stories/201401260115#ixzz2rVSkq4v5
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