Excellent news! I was going to comment that beating back bad legislation to avoid loosing trapping rights isn't really a win, but seeing you actually gaining back trapping opportunity previously lost certainly is a win. Congratulations to everyone involved!

Does anyone know if the FTA or NTA helped in any way??? Monetarily or otherwise???

I must be dreaming....but for once we trappers came out on the winning side of a battle for our trapping rights (privileges). See Petcoon's thread on the otter trapping ban for details.

Highlights:

We had about 30 trappers there at the Game Commission hearing...clearly outnumbering the anti's by about 5-1. ODFW staff did an about face and not only left otter trapping open where the beaver ban applies, but went ahead and opened up the whole state to otter harvest! Includes areas that have been closed to otter trapping my whole life!

Then our ODFW furbearer coordinator Sam Fino, and Deputy Director Brian Wolfer capably defended our side of things to commission members, answered questions and took our side at every turn, resulting in an unanimous vote to approve staff's proposal and open the whole state to otter harvest.

Hurrah for us!!!! Let me say that again...Hurrah for our side!!!!!

^^^I'm not in a position to answer that. I'm thinking that voicing our concerns at a Game Commission rules hearing was not something that FTA or NTA could really help with. I guess they could have bought ODFW staffers and commissioners a case of Pappy Van Winkle or something.