Sportsmen form new group to address energy development

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Apr 17, 2008 at 7:50 AM MDT

Story Updated: Apr 17, 2008 at 7:50 AM MDT

JACKSON, WYOMING - The organizers of a new sportsmen group say it's time for hunters and anglers to get more aggressive about protecting fishing waters and big-game habitat from energy development across the Western states.

Members of the National Wildlife Federation, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership and Trout Unlimited on Wednesday announced the formation of the new group. It's called Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development.

Trout Unlimited spokesman Chris Hunt says that the group plans a meeting next month at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. The group plans to draft science-based recommendations for the next presidential administration and the next Congress.

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