Could not have said it better KY Jon. On the other hand, you and I are landowners that manage our land for wildlife with our own money in addition to our profit crop.
I can understand the concern of non-landowning hunters regarding the demise of the CRP Program. Many farmers here in the pheasant capital of the world would go back to farming fence-row to fence-row, particularly with current prices of corn and soybeans, were it not for those government CRP payments. From what i know this would result in a serious decline in game bird populations due to lack of habitat.
Did the do-gooder's now in charge in DC just figure out that guys with guns are getting some benefit out of the CRP Program?
All I know is that the highest pheasant populations we have had in South Dakota were during the Soil Bank Program in the 50's and the CRP Program starting in the late 80's, with not much in between.
PS...I am a rancher...raise cows...don't grow crops...don't subscribe to any govt. programs...but I like to hunt pheasants back in the eastern part of the state.
Cass Sunstien the new Head of White House Regulatory Affairs,which oversees the USDA:
In 2004, he wrote a book on animal rights.
-Animals should be permitted to bring suit with humans as representatives.
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He does not believe our nation should eat meat.
-He wants to ban all hunting, it should not be allowed if it is only for sport.-He believes everyone must be an organ donor. (His viewpoint is the law of our current explicit consent will be changed to "presumed consent.")
-Americans cannot remove rats from your home because it causes them pain.
-He does not believe in the 2nd Amendment, "individual rights to bear arms are wanted only by aggressive and social movements."
