Discussion Topic: Trout Unlimited Vs. Montana Walleyes
From the _Billings Gazette: _ _A bill up for a state Senate hearing this week calls on legislators to declare...
From the _Billings Gazette:
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_A bill up for a state Senate hearing this week calls on legislators to declare walleye . . . a native of Montana even though scientists widely say the fish was transplanted to the state.
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_”We firmly believe that walleye were here all the time,” said Bob Gilbert, executive director and lobbyist for Walleyes Unlimited of Montana. . . .
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_Designating walleye a Montana native, as some of the state’s trout species are classified, would be like legislating that the sun rises in the west, says Trout Unlimited, a national conservation group.
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“We’re baffled that they are trying to suspend natural history,” said Bruce Farling, Trout Unlimited’s Montana executive.
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