BOARD02257

• Board Meeting Date: 3/13/1963
• Description: Table of Contents, Agenda and Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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MR. PETERSON:

MR. STAPLETON:

MR. SPARKS:

MR. PETERSON:

MR. STAPLETON:

MR. PETERSON:

MR. STAPLETON:

you simply by priority have prevented further
appropriations. It's a priority matter and
could conceivably be constitutional."

"Mr. Chairman, I believe that if the fish
and wildlife people are not protected sufficient-
ly now that there could be a bill drawn to take
care of the condition upon which they are con-
cerned without having a bill that is as broad
as this one. I think this goes entirely too far
to take care of the instance which Larry men-
tioned. "

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"Has this matter been a subject of dis-
cussion by your department in connection with
this legislation?"

"To some extent, yes. The purposes to be
achieved here are worthwhile and I think neces-
sary. We are going to have to grapple with this
problem of destruction of the fishery values of
our streams and this bill attempts to do this.
I think it goes much too far; it destroys the
value of our streams for any other purpose if
it is literally carried out."

"Question."

"Before we have the question, there are a
lot of visitors here, many of them are fine
lawyers. Would anybody like to express an
opinion before the Board takes a position in
this matter? All right then, the question has
been called for. I take it the sense of Mr.
Peterson's motion is that the Director of the
Board will take such steps as he deems necessary
to see that this bill is not passed in its
present form."

"Correct. "

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"All those in favor will signify by saying
'aye'; opposed - unanimously carried. I think
that disposes of the last House bill and we'll
go to the Senate bills now."