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Now I'm assuming the IGFA gave Louisiana Senator David Vitter and Florida US Representative David Miller a 2013 Conservation Award based on their sponsorship of the Billfish Conservation Act? Unfortunately Vitter and Miller's entire record when it comes to important environmental issues is pathetic and detrimental to fish and fisheries.

Vitter is a vocal proponent of the Pebble Mine, Keystone XL, and has consistently voted against clean air and water. According to the League of Conservation Voters, Vitter's lifetime score of voting for the environment is a paltry 4%.

Miller scores slightly better with a lifetime score of 9% but he has also cast numerous votes to the detriment of environmental issues that directly impact fish and habitat.

After hitting their respective links you can filter their voting records by specific issues, sorting by "water" will show you how extreme these two are when it comes to not protecting the environment. Miller even voted to block the EPA from implementing new water quality standards to prevent toxic green slime from polluting his home state of Florida's lakes, rivers, and streams.

Given their respective records it's an insult to the true champions of conservation that the IGFA gave an award to these clowns.

Nathan Cullen on recommendation of the Joint Review Panel for the Enbridge Pipeline

Today’s recommendation from the Joint Review Panel for the Northern Gateway project is an insult to the people of British Columbia, and an affront to our environment and our way of life. In the face of mountains of evidence and testimony debunking the viability of this project and its proponent, today’s verdict reflects the Harper government’s ongoing race to the bottom on resource development, meaningful consultation and environmental protection.

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Vote for Carp!

A 20-pound carp has launched a write-in campaign for Ann Arbor City Council.

LINK (via: MLive)

Photos that make the Chum want to smoke something other than salmon

But please don't let the EPA prevent Pebble from threatening Alaskan salmon.

Wildlife agencies face the limits of sportsmen-funded conservation

Declining western state fish and wildlife agency budgets are being further squeezed as a result of not being able to rely on fishing and hunting license fees increases.

In spite of 12 sportsmen and conservation groups like Wyoming Trout Unlimited, Wyoming Wildlife Federation, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, and the Muley Fanatic Foundation of Wyoming asking the state to charge more for hunting and fishing, Wyoming’s legislature had no appetite for putting more expenses on the backs of sportsmen. It would be a politically unpopular move in this time of intense budget scrutiny.

LINK (via: High Country News)

He has "serious questions about how a mine can co-exist with fish in Bristol Bay."

That is a quote from evolution skeptic Congressman Paul Broun who recently chaired a congressional hearing on the Pebble Mine. Must be just a bit troubling for Pebble's PR firm when someone who believes evolution is a lie from hell is questioning the ability of Pebble to coexist with fish.

Despite the potential impacts on the fishery, Broun says the EPA shouldn't stop the mine before developers are ready to submit their plan.

Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2013/08/01/3003780/congress-pushes-epa-on-giant-pebble.html#storylink=cpy

LINK (via:The Anchorage Daily News)