What is wrong with scientists getting permits for research? They do it all the time as it is. In regards to guiding services, they will have to adjust their business model accordingly. I rarely see a birding tour or anything like that at night in MN. Shouldn't an experienced guide be able to adjust and find birds in other manners like scouting and actually birding? I think guides will scrape by by throwing some other type of tour in to offset this massive loss of revenue (sarcasm).
Sent from my iPad > On Apr 14, 2014, at 12:33 PM, Michael Hendrickson > <michaelleehendrick...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello: > > This post in not intended to create a fire storm about feeding owls on this > listserv and my only intent is to just focus on section about luring owls > with inanimate objects. > > This game bill amendment went through the Ways and Means Committee last > week and is now sitting in limbo before the MN House of Representatives > acts on it. I am concerned about the part where it says a person may not > intentionally lure or feed an owl in the wild with any animate or inanimate > object, food or animal. In my opinion a inanimate object could be a tape > player, a smart phone with iBird Pro application on it or a portable CD > player. If HF 2852 gets voted as written, then all paid birding guides, > state park employees doing public owl tours and hikes, any nature center > employee or volunteer leaders will no longer be able to use any inanimate > object to lure an owl in to view the owl species or educate the public on > owls. That means any night time owl census works in the state of MN > during the spring months that is using call back tapes to get an owl to > respond might be in violation as well IF the owl you are taping flies > towards you (intentionally luring). To use an inanimate object ( any sound > devices ) you might have to get a permit to do so. A petty misdemeanor has > a fine up to $300.00 and the violation does not go on your record. Petty > misdemeanors are not crimes and its like getting a parking ticket. > > I know for a fact that IF this amendment is passed it will effect all > night time bird walks through out Minnesota (owl prowls) and paid birding > guiding tours where leaders use sound devices (inanimate objects) to > intentionally lure an owl species to their group for observation and > photos. On another note IF this amendment gets passed and made into law, > then you might be in violation if you are in the woods and you respond to a > Barred Owl during the spring months (who-cooks-for-you) to intentionally > lure the owl from its known location to your location could be in violation > of the law since you are a animate object. Very confusing amendment, > poorly written, waste of time and energy for our government officials to > spend on. > > Please write your local state representative and tell him/her to vote no on > this amendment. > > Minnesota HF 2852 > > Omnibus game and fish bill. > > Sec. 18. *[97A.346] PROHIBITION ON LURING OR FEEDING OWLS; * > > 8.2*PENALTY.* > > 8.3(a) A person may not intentionally lure or feed an owl in the wild with > any animate > > 8.4or inanimate object, food, or animal. A person in violation of this > section is guilty of a > > 8.5petty misdemeanor. > > 8.6(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a person may use lures, bait, or > traps to lure > > 8.7or feed an owl: > > 8.8(1) while conducting scientific research under a federal or state permit > authorizing > > 8.9the collection of data, samples, or bird banding; or > > 8.10(2) while rescuing an ill or injured owl. > > 8.11(c) For the purposes of this section, "lure" means to purposefully > attract a wild owl > > 8.12in an attempt to cause it to move from one location to another and > "feed" means to put in > > 8.13place, in the presence of a wild owl, any living or frozen animal or > facsimile. > > -- > > *Mike Hendrickson* > > *Mike Hendrickson Guiding <http://mikehendricksonguiding.com>* > *Sax-Zim Bog <http://www.sax-zimbog.com>* > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
