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7 Cosponsors:
8 Cheryl K. Acton
9 Carl R. Albrecht
10 Stewart E. Barlow
11 Walt Brooks
12 Rebecca Chavez-Houck
13 Kay J. Christofferson
14 Kim F. Coleman
15 Brad M. Daw
16 Susan Duckworth
17 Rebecca P. Edwards
18 Justin L. Fawson
19 Gage Froerer
20 Brian M. Greene
21 Stephen G. Handy
22 Eric K. Hutchings
23 Ken Ivory
24 Michael S. Kennedy
Brian S. King
John Knotwell
Karen Kwan
Bradley G. Last
Karianne Lisonbee
A. Cory Maloy
Michael K. McKell
Kelly B. Miles
Carol Spackman Moss
Jefferson Moss
Merrill F. Nelson
Michael E. Noel
Derrin R. Owens
Lee B. Perry
Jeremy A. Peterson
Val L. Peterson
Dixon M. Pitcher
Val K. Potter
Marie H. Poulson
Susan Pulsipher
Paul Ray
Edward H. Redd
Douglas V. Sagers
Scott D. Sandall
Keven J. Stratton
Norman K. Thurston
Raymond P. Ward
Christine F. Watkins
R. Curt Webb
John R. Westwood
Mark A. Wheatley
Logan Wilde
Brad R. Wilson
Mike Winder
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27 General Description:
28 This resolution recognizes the impact Utah's sportsmen and sportswomen have on our
29 state's natural resources and economy.
30 Highlighted Provisions:
31 This resolution:
32 ▸ urges Congress to protect and enhance public lands for Utah's sportsmen and
33 sportswomen to advance the goals of hunters, anglers, recreational shooters, and
34 others; and
35 ▸ urges Congress to respect the historic and current use of Utah's public land by sportsmen
36 and sportswomen, support the time-honored Utah traditions of hunting and angling, the
37 very backbone of conservation, and respect the administration of wildlife conservation
38 through the sound science delivered by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and
39 science-based policies developed by the Utah Wildlife Board.
40 Special Clauses:
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43 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
44 WHEREAS, Utah has a rich and storied culture of hunting, fishing, trapping, and
45 recreational shooting that dates back further than the state itself and carries forward to this day;
46 WHEREAS, Utah's sportsmen and sportswomen were among the first conservationists
47 to support the establishment of a wildlife management agency, now referred to as the Utah
48 Division of Wildlife Resources, to conserve fish, wildlife, and their habitats;
49 WHEREAS, through their license fees, Utah's sportsmen and sportswomen helped fund
50 state efforts to provide for multiple uses of healthy and sustainable natural resources;
51 WHEREAS, upon realizing that license fees alone were insufficient to restore and
52 sustain healthy fish and wildlife populations, sportsmen and sportswomen supported
53 self-imposed excise taxes on hunting, fishing, and boating equipment, as well as firearms and
54 ammunition, to raise additional conservation funds;
55 WHEREAS, to this day, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is funded primarily by
56 sportsmen and sportswomen, through this American System of Conservation Funding - a "user
57 pays, public benefits" approach that is widely recognized as the most successful model of fish
58 and wildlife management in the world;
59 WHEREAS, last year alone, Utah's sportsmen and sportswomen generated $44.94
60 million through this system to support the conservation efforts of the Utah Division of Wildlife
61 Resources and partners;
62 WHEREAS, Utah's 493,000 hunters and anglers support the state's economy through
63 spending more than $1.04 billion while engaged in their pursuits;
64 WHEREAS, annually, this spending supports approximately 19,677 jobs in Utah and
65 generates over $62 million in state and local taxes; and
66 WHEREAS, Utah's vast public and private lands are vital in providing opportunities for
67 Utahns to hunt, fish, trap, and recreationally shoot:
68 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah
69 urges the United States Congress to protect and enhance access to public lands for Utah's
70 sportsmen and sportswomen to advance the goals of hunters, anglers, recreational shooters, and
71 others.
72 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah urges the
73 United States Congress to respect the historic and current use of Utah's public and private lands
74 by sportsmen and sportswomen, support the time-honored Utah traditions of hunting and
75 angling, the very backbone of conservation, and respect the administration of wildlife
76 conservation through the sound science delivered by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
77 and science-based policies developed by the Utah Wildlife Board.