Land Stewardship Bill goes to Senate Natural Resources
HB 419, The Land stewardship bill, with an assist from committee chair and former chair of the Land Stewardship Task Force Brandon Smith (R-Hazard) made it’s way from the House A&R committee to the Senate Natural Resources and Energy committee. This is good news for the bill since Brandon has been active in land preservation issues and is knowledgeable about the goals of the Task Force. Now’s the time to email members of the committee and voice your support for this important legislation.
In other news, SB 105 which this bloggster has declared a “fowl” piece of legislation mainly because of its ability to stifle local control of confined animal feeding operations, is sitting quietly in Rep McKee’s Agriculture Committee and hopefully will be for some time. While you’re flexing your email muscles, you may want to pop one to Rep McKee and other members of the Ag and Small Business Committee expressing your delight at its peaceful repose. It makes a difference, it really does.