Mule Deer Foundation President/CEO Joins COHA Board
The California Outdoor Heritage Alliance (COHA) recently took another step forward in its efforts to unite the political voice of California's wildlife conservation interests when Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) President and CEO, Miles Moretti, joined the COHA Board of Directors. In taking a seat on the COHA Board of Directors, Mr. Moretti and MDF have joined ranks with top management representatives of three other leading wildlife conservation organizations who also serve on the COHA Board -- including the President of Delta Waterfowl, Rob Olson, National Wild Turkey Federation Board Member and Treasurer, Vince Rosdahl, and California Waterfowl Association Board Members Jim Waters, Yancey Forest-Knowles and Mike Eberhard.
To view COHA's press release on MDF joining COHA's Board of Directors click here. |
President Obama Announces Intent to Nominate Sam D. Hamilton to Serve as USFWS Director
On June 9, 2009, President Obama announced that he intends to nominate Sam D. Hamilton to be the next Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Mr. Hamilton, a 30 year veteran biologist and manager with the Service, currently is director of the agency's Southeast Region. If confirmed as USFWS Director by the U.S. Senate, Mr. Hamilton will oversee the many functions of the Service which are critically important to hunters and other wildlife conservationists - including management of the National Wildlife Refuge System, listed species oversight and the annual development of waterfowl regulation frameworks.
An avid hunter and angler, Mr. Hamilton graduated from Mississippi State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology in 1977.
For more information about Sam D. Hamilton, please visit our website at www.outdoorheritage.org |
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Transmission Line Project Threatens Hunting Clubs, Waterfowl Habitat
The California Outdoor Heritage Alliance (COHA) and founding COHA member, California Waterfowl, are strongly urging hunters, concerned landowners and other conservationists to provide comments on the Transmission Agency of Northern California's (TANC) proposed transmission line project for the Sacramento Valley and northern San Joaquin Valley. Currently, all three route alternatives being proposed cut through California's Central Valley, significantly impacting important public and private wetland habitats.
The TANC project would require a 200 foot wide right of way and would result in the construction of 120-150 foot high power lines and supporting towers. As currently proposed, all three proposed alternative routes would significantly affect key waterfowl habitat and hunting areas, including State Wildlife Areas and National Wildlife Refuges, private lands under state and federal wildlife conservation easements and wildlife-friendly agricultural lands, such as flooded rice fields.
Comments are due by July 30th. For more information about the project, including mapping and contact information, please visit California Waterfowl's website.
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The California Outdoor Heritage Alliance (COHA) is a 501(c)4 non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of wildlife conservation and the protection of our hunting heritage. COHA was created in early 2006 by the California Waterfowl Association (CWA) to enhance the political effectiveness of hunters and other wildlife conservationists and enthusiasts in the halls of our State Capitol and beyond. For more information on COHA and its member organizations, please visit www.outdoorheritage.org
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