This is a message from Jan Green on John's email MOU folks:
This has been an interesting and useful discussion on the Sandhill Crane hunting season. One other small bit of information. The ranges of the Eastern population and the Mid-Continent population overlap in northwestern Minnesota. If you want to see a map "google" search on "Population information needs for Sandhill Cranes; a funding strategy" a document produces for the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies task forces.
This issue has always been about process in my mind. I am not against hunting and have so stated. But the process that DNR used was way outside the norm even for that agency. Their excuse, according to a quote from a DNR spokesman on Minnesota Public radio, was they knew there would be opposition so a public input process was not necessary. This is not the way for government to act in a democracy. People need to know the facts of a case and should be able to voice an opinion either pro or con. That is what accountability and transparency in government is all about.
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