Oppose SB-32

We need as much help this year as we can get. Please send an email to each and every representative. This year the lawmakers have banned the public from the roundhouse and the NMTA fears this may mean they feel free to ram through laws like this that could not normally pass.
This bill is very similar to the bills we have seen in the past and will make it illegal to trap ANY public land in NM. It even bans cage traps. The bill is called the "Wildlife Conservation and Public Safety Act" which would be laughable if it weren't for the serious nature of this bill.

The email addresses for every senator is listed below:
greg.baca@nmlegis.gov
craig.brandt@nmlegis.gov
bill.burt@nmlegis.gov
pete.campos@nmlegis.gov
jacob.candelaria@nmlegis.gov
Joseph@cervanteslawnm.com
crystal.diamond@nmlegis.gov
katy.duhigg@nmlegis.gov
david.rsi@hotmail.com
roberto.gonzales@nmlegis.gov
ron.griggs@nmlegis.gov
carrie.hamblen@nmlegis.gov
siah.hemphill@nmlegis.gov
martin.hickey@nmlegis.gov
stuart.ingle@nmlegis.gov
daniel.ivey-soto@nmlegis.gov
leo.jaramillo@nmlegis.gov
gay.kernan@nmlegis.gov
linda.lopez@nmlegis.gov
brenda.mckenna@nmlegis.gov
mark.moores@nmlegis.gov
senatormunoz@gmail.com
steven.neville@nmlegis.gov
oneillsd13@billoneillfornm.com
jortizyp@msn.com
michael.padilla@nmlegis.gov
shannon.pinto@nmlegis.gov
cliff.pirtle@nmlegis.gov
harold.pope@nmlegis.gov
nancy.rodriguez@nmlegis.gov
jas4nm@gmail.com
gregg.schmedes@nmlegis.gov
a.sedillolopez@nmlegis.gov
bill@williamsharer.com
benny.shendo@nmlegis.gov
bill.soules@nmlegis.gov
lstefanics@msn.com
jeff.steinborn@nmlegis.gov
mimi.stewart@nmlegis.gov
bill.tallman@nmlegis.gov
peter.wirth@nmlegis.gov
pat.woods@nmlegis.gov

I am hoping for the best for you guys and woman trappers. I love New Mexico

Travis, it might help if you could post a copy of the NM trapping assoc. membership form for those that might want to join to help monetarily.

Banned the public..Banned the Public.. Banned The Public.....They work for you.....just show up....everyone show up dog hunters, trappers, deer hunters...and on and on...just show up..
and E mail .............................................................

Those legislators already know how they will vote. They are doing it now so the public will calm down by the next election. It is pretty obvious public opinion doesnt matter anymore. Elections can just be rigged. NM is the next state to join the California union of communist democrats. I am sending emails but not holding my breath. Any plans to show up anyway? I am willing just dont want to be alone.

The streets to the Round House are blocked and the police check you, welcome to AMERIKA

In order to testify at the sen consevation comitee agains sb 32 please do the following

We need expert whitnesses

SCONC@nmlegis.gov with your Name, Entity Representing, Bill #, For or Against, and an email address by Monday, January 25, 3:00 p.m. You will be contacted by the Zoom Operator with virtual meeting instructions.

Just ordered one of the NM Trappers Association ballcap hats. Not much but a little to help.

Renewed membership as a family membership this yr.

The comitee that will hear the trapping bill sb 32 is in session we are asking as many people as possible to http://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20210126/-1/66954

Anything happen today?

Did it get out of committee?

They ran out of time, senate resumes Thursday keep commenting!!

Please hamner these legislators on this comitee

lstefanics@msn.com; a.sedillolopez@nmlegis.gov;
david.rsi@hotmail.com;
Joseph@cervanteslawnm.com;
carrie.hamblen@nmlegis.gov;
steven.neville@nmlegis.gov;
harold.popejr@nmlegis.gov;
gregg.schmedes@nmlegis.gov;
bill.soules@nmlegis.gov

Help new mexico the morons who created that bill listen to those little siisys called peta and they dont even understand the word conservation new mexico needs trappers there are tons of predators there

Help all new mexico if they start banning trappingin other states itll make it
Easier to ban it in all of the us

I expressed my opinion to everyone on the committee!!!

so what happened today? is tabled again?

Tabled again! First one up Tuesday----keep emailing please!

Here a update the bill has not been heard in comitee yet the more time it takes to be heard the less time it has
Its up first on tuesday as of right now. We really need the help of this forums members to email and call the senators nonstop please be curtious include facts etc really drive home the point that science is on our side
We need to realy hammer all if the senators but the comitee members rigt now can make the vote


If you would like to testify against the bill i encourage you to do its on the web on zoom you need to mailto:SCONC@nmlegis.gov They should send a link so you can testify We would really appreciate youre time be courtious snd Anyone that can attend this please do. The anti trapping bill will be heard on Tuesday. I guarantee the antis are going to try to fill this up quick. If you haven’t made calls or sent emails yet, I would suggest doing it before Tuesday

Chance

BILL LOCATION – Senate Conservation Committee (1/26/21 @9:00am)

*Public participation in any meeting is at the call of the chair. For public participation in this meeting send an email to SCONC@nmlegis.gov with your Name, Entity Representing, Bill #, For or Against, and an email address by Monday, January 25, 3:00 p.m. You will be contacted by the Zoom Operator with virtual meeting instructions.


Thank you guys for youre help we need it

Please email these legislators to oppose the Conservation Committee members are:

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We need lots of emails and phone calls now Tuesday is the lstefanics@msn.com
a.sedillolopez@nmlegis.gov
david.rsi@hotmail.com
Joseph@cervanteslawnm.com
carrie.hamblen@nmlegis.gov
steven.neville@nmlegis.gov
harold.popejr@nmlegis.gov
gregg.schmedes@nmlegis.gov
bill.soules@nmlegis.gov

They want to ban trapping because your not spending your money on dope and your not staying home the government wants full and total control of the american population i beleive the government makes drugs and gives it to distributers

I see the conservation committee adjourned. What happened?

Here is a copy of what I emailed to everyone on the list, I received a message one of them has changed his email, and already received a different email from another saying thankyou. Feel free to copy and paste this to send them, hope it is helpful. Good luck guys!




I am writing you to please oppose Bill SB-32 The ban of trapping rights, Trapping is a tool that is needed in this ERA, it is necessary tool to help maintain the balance of nature. Trappers are a free State Wildlife Nuisance control that save the States across The United States a great deal of money. Without Trapping over population will occur, disease such as Mange, Rabies,etc. So please Oppse Bill SB-32

did it get out of committee?

Sadly it passed to the next comiteewhen i get hole ill post more

NEW MEXICO
Trapping ban clears first legislative hurdle
Published: Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Legislation to prohibit traps, snares and wildlife poisons from being used on public lands across New Mexico cleared its first legislative hurdle yesterday.

Environmentalists and animal advocacy groups testified on behalf of the measure during a Senate committee meeting yesterday, saying New Mexico needs to join neighboring states and ban what they described as a cruel and outdated practice.

Rural residents and wildlife conservation officers said trapping remains an important tool for managing wildlife and protecting livestock. They pointed to changes adopted last year by the state Game Commission after a lengthy public process, saying lawmakers should give the trapping rules a chance to work before imposing a sweeping ban.

Under the rules, trappers have to complete an education course, and restrictions were imposed on setting traps and snares around designated trailheads and on select tracts of public lands in New Mexico.

Designed largely to reduce the hazard of traps to hikers and their dogs, the prohibitions include mountainous areas east of Albuquerque, along with swaths of national forest along highways leading to ski areas near Santa Fe and Taos. In the southern part of the state, it includes the eastern portion of the Organ Mountain-Desert Peaks National Monument.

"The concerns that have been expressed over the years by the Legislature and by members of the urban public have actually already been resolved," said Kerrie Cox Romero with the New Mexico Council of Outfitters and Guides. "This bill provides no recognition of that effort."

Cox Romero said much of the land that would be affected by the bill is remote and rarely sees human activity other than trappers.

Supporters of the legislation argued that several pet dogs have been injured despite last year's rule changes and that more needs to be done to ensure public safety given New Mexico's push to increase outdoor recreation.

Kevin Bixby, executive director of the Southwest Environmental Center in Las Cruces, said he was hiking over the weekend and saw many others doing the same.

"Traps on public lands pose a threat to our members and all public land users," he told lawmakers. "They're like land mines basically waiting to harm whatever unfortunate creature happens to step on them — whether it's a wild animal or pet dog or a horse carrying a rider or, God forbid, a human being."

Supporters also raised concerns about traps hampering efforts in southwestern New Mexico to restore the endangered Mexican gray wolf.

Jessica Johnson, chief government affairs officer for Animal Protection Voters, said there was an effort to consider the concerns of ranchers and sportsmen when drafting the legislation, and exceptions were included for private and tribal land. The bill also would allow federal and state wildlife managers to use nonlethal traps to deal with problem predators.

Violating provisions of the proposed trapping ban would amount to a misdemeanor.

The measure must be considered by another committee before reaching the full Senate for a vote. — Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press

http://chng.it/SnJZkq45v7
I hope the link came through. Please sign and send to as many folks as you can. We need your help. Thanks

http://chng.it/Lyq8BF9mNL
Here's a link from the sportsman's alliance with a petition to sign in opposition to the bill.
It's simple and easy if you will help

It's same petition as above. Both links go to same petition.

Man i hope this law dont pass

As it stands it does not have a date in senate jusiciary yet if it moves ill post

Please continue circulateing the petition calling and emailing

thanks for the update

Just saw a commercial for Roxys Law. They're pulling out all the stops now.

When they bringing this up again?

Hopefuly it doesnt get heard fior a while the clocks ticking thats a good thing

If it gets scheduled to be heard in judiciary illl post immedietly