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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 01:31 PM Jul 2017

Hunting And Fishing Groups Are Starting To Turn On Trumps Interior Secretary

Hunting And Fishing Groups Are Starting To Turn On Trump’s Interior Secretary
“The level of frustration is growing daily,” one conservation advocate said.
By Chris D’Angelo 07/14/2017 04:45 pm ET

WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump tapped Ryan Zinke — an avid hunter, Republican Montana congressman, “unapologetic admirer and disciple” of President Theodore Roosevelt and former Navy SEAL — to lead the Interior Department, hunting and fishing groups around the country rejoiced.

Over the last four and a half months, however, some of those same organizations have changed their tune as Zinke has cozied up to fossil fuel interests and come to support a budget proposal — one he initially vowed to fight — that would slash funding for land acquisition and conservation programs while promoting increased drilling and extraction on public lands.

“To date, it’s been overwhelmingly development, development, development — without even lip service to conservation,” Fosburgh said of Zinke. “That is troubling.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ryan-zinke-hunting-fishing-groups_us_596685afe4b0a8d46d11cae8?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

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Hunting And Fishing Groups Are Starting To Turn On Trumps Interior Secretary (Original Post) workinclasszero Jul 2017 OP
Surprise Surprise Surprise montanacowboy Jul 2017 #1
The dumb bastards NEVER learn! workinclasszero Jul 2017 #3
"Troubling"? The FUCK did you expect??!!?? hatrack Jul 2017 #2

montanacowboy

(6,053 posts)
1. Surprise Surprise Surprise
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 01:43 PM
Jul 2017

What did they expect? And how do they like that they are again going to let ammo be made from lead

Yes, all that lead all over the place - how will that work out for wildlife?

Zinke - a joke - all you need to know about him is he has an R after his name

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
3. The dumb bastards NEVER learn!
Sun Jul 16, 2017, 10:49 AM
Jul 2017

Republicans serve the 1% ONLY!!!!

Dumb SOB deplorables never fuckin get this fact!

hatrack

(59,442 posts)
2. "Troubling"? The FUCK did you expect??!!??
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 01:54 PM
Jul 2017

A hack in the service of hacks, another glorious successor in the time-honored Republican tradition of using public lands as a vending machine for subsidized grazing, timber, minerals and energy, and you're "troubled"?

Clue Bus is over there, guys. You might want to get a goddamned ticket.

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