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BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING DATES:
January 21, 2025 - 7pm
February 18, 2025 - 6pm
March 18, 2025 - 7pm
April 15, 2025 - 6pm
May 20, 2025 - 7pm
June 17, 2025 - 6pm
July 15, 2025 - 7pm
August 19, 2025 - 6pm
September 16, 2025 - 7pm
October 21, 2025 - 6pm
November 18, 2025 - 7pm
December 16, 2025 - 6pm
memorandums
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SUPPORT
Amend the environmental conservation law to lower the age for universal hunting licenses from fourteen years old to twelve years old.
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OPPOSITION
Legislation that would raise the minimum age at which individuals are permitted to possess rifles and shotguns to twenty-one from the current age of sixteen.
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SUPPORT
Establish a minimum age ten and define the circumstances for juveniles to possess rifles, shotguns and air guns.
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SUPPORT
Repeal the restrictions, background checking and record keeping requirements for the retail sale of ammunition imposed by the SAFE Act.
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OPPOSITION
Amending the agriculture and markets law by expanding the scope of the aggravated cruelty to animals prohibition to include wildlife.
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OPPOSITION
Imposition by the Adirondacks Park Agency of time limits on occupancy in private campgrounds located in the Adirondack Park.
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OPPOSITION
Prohibiting the operation of all-terrain vehicles in the state forest preserve, Long Island central pine barrens area and Albany pine bush preserve.
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SUPPORT
Amending the vehicle and traffic law to raise the defined maximum weight for all-terrain vehicles.
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SUPPORT
Amending the vehicle and traffic law to exempt from registration all-terrain vehicles used solely on lands owned by or leased to the vehicle owner.
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SUPPORT
Amend the environmental conservation law to permit the use of live restraint cable devices to take coyotes.
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SUPPORT
Amend the penal law in relation to the sale of ammunition by shooting preserves and shooting clubs.
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OPPOSITION
Providing free hunting, fishing and trapping licenses or a refundable tax credit for active sportsman education instructors.
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SUPPORT
Amend the environmental conservation law in relation to crossbow hunting to permit the taking of game with the crossbow analogous to the longbow.
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SUPPORT
Access for the disabled and mobility impaired to state forest lands and wildlife management areas.
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OPPOSITION
Establishing liability for owners of dogs for injuries caused by such dog without any prior reason to believe that the dog was a dangerous dog.
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OPPOSITION
Provide for the regulation of and sets standards for the tether, restraint and sheltering of dogs.
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OPPOSITION
Provides for the imposition of restrictive business practices and additional record keeping requirements on firearms and ammunition dealers.
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OPPOSITION
Prohibition of firearms as prizes in games of chance.
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SUPPORT
Require the Department of Environmental Conservation to review laws and policies pertaining to free or reduced cost hunting and fishing licenses.
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SUPPORT (if amended)
Provision of free or reduced cost hunting, fishing and trapping licenses to disabled persons.
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SUPPORT (WITH CONCERNS)
Provide a tax credit to volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers for hunting and fishing license fees.
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OPPOSITION
Prohibition of competitions involving the taking of wildlife.