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Dave Hegenbarth on Environment and Outdoors
Dave Hegenbarth opposes having the governor appoint the secretary of the Department of Natural Resources
Believes the DNR Board should appoint the secretary to take politics out of it.
Dave Hegenbarth supports legislation allowing a 10-year-old to hunt with a firearm if a qualified adult is present within one arm’s length of the child
Supports letting 10-year-olds hunt after hunter safety education, when supervised by a parent so young people will continue to develop an interest in hunting.
Dave Hegenbarth opposes expansion of the state’s
Stewardship Fund to acquire lands of environmental and recreational value
Believes in postponing any additional purchasing of land while the economy is bad and taxpayers need to be taken care of.