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Former Fish and Game commissioners challenge state lawmaker

Idaho Fish & Game Director Virgil Moore, center, is flanked by Commissioner Mark Doerr of Twin Falls, right, and commissioner Will Naillon, left, at the panel's May meeting in Coeur d'Alene.  (Rich Landers)
Idaho Fish & Game Director Virgil Moore, center, is flanked by Commissioner Mark Doerr of Twin Falls, right, and commissioner Will Naillon, left, at the panel's May meeting in Coeur d'Alene. (Rich Landers)

WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- An ongoing dispute over Idaho Legislature tinkering with hunting-related issues has prompted 14 former Idaho Fish and Game commissioners to send a letter today to Idaho legislative leaders asking that Sen. Steve Bair, R-Blackfoot, be replaced as chairman of the Senate Resources Committee.

S-R Boise reporter Betsy Russell writes that a dispute over reappointment of commissioners, "efforts to change the method of allocating controlled hunt permits,” differences over handling of a fee increase proposal and related issues prompted the former commissioners' request.

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