CFHA Winter Fur RoundUp

Connecticut Fur Harvesters Association, Inc. Winter Fur RoundUp announcement. View this email in your browser Copyright © 2016 Connecticut Fur Harvesters Association, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email newsletter after joining the Connecticut Fur Harvesters Association Our mailing address is: Connecticut Fur Harvesters Association PO Box 1082 Enfield, CT 06082 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

CFHA 2nd Annual Trappers Workshop

Connecticut Fur Harvesters 2nd Annual Trappers Workshop View this email in your browser Copyright © 2016 Connecticut Fur Harvesters Association, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email newsletter after joining the Connecticut Fur Harvesters Association Our mailing address is: Connecticut Fur Harvesters Association PO Box 1082 Enfield, CT 06082 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

CFHA BOD and Membership meeting

Connecticut Fur Harvesters Association - Meeting announcement for May 2016 View this email in your browser Please join us at the next CFHA meeting! The next CFHA Board of Directors and Membership meeting is scheduled for May 18th starting at 6 PM. We have reserved the 2nd floor conference room at Cabellas, in East Hartford. Come joins us at the next meeting, we need your input and assistance to continue our growth of Connecticut's newest and most progressive trapping organization. Directions to Cabellas: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/''/cabela's+east+hartford/@41.7559677,-72.6918809,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m8!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x89e653fb30ba9339:0x7976808fb18cdef1!2m2!1d-72.621841!2d41.755989   Copyright © 2016 Connecticut Fur Harvesters Association, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email newsletter after joining the Connecticut Fur Harvesters Association Our mailing address is: Connecticut Fur Harvesters Association PO Box 2091 Vernon, CT 06066 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

Illinois Trappers need our help!

NTA Alert from the Connecticut Fur Harvesters Association! View this email in your browser **NTA Alert** Oppose Senate Bill 2143 Taking Away Our Right to Trap Bobcats in Illinois Fellow Trapper: My name is Kent Weil and I am the NTA Director for the Illinois Trappers Association. We need your help.  Last year, after a three year battle, Illinois trappers won the right to harvest bobcats in Illinois.  HSUS spent almost one million dollars to defeat the bill, but we got it passed, and will have our first bobcat harvest season since 1972 in the fall of 2016. Now, even as the season and permitting regulations are being set, a bill (SB2143) will be heard in the Illinois Senate that will eliminate our right to sell bobcat pelts in Illinois, and will prohibit trapping as a means of harvest.   The bill is scheduled to be heard Thursday, April 7th, at 9:00am The ITA is vehemently opposed to this bill and we want to crush it in committee before it even sees the light of day.  This is how you can help... Since anti-trapping out-of-state organizations have been filing witness slips on this bill, we feel it is only fair that out-of-state trappers file also.  This is not against the rules, and the anti's take advantage of that fact. We are requesting that you file an electronic witness slip opposing this bill.  It's very simple and will take only a few minutes.  The process is outlined, step-by-step below.  Please file a slip today and help us stomp all over this bill!!  PROCESS TO FILE ELECTRONIC WITNESS SLIP Click on the following link, or paste it into your browser http://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/91620?committeeHearingId=13563&LegislationId=91620&SCommittees4%2F11%2F2016-page=1&committeeid=0&chamber=S&nodays=7&_=1459792618776 Fill out information as outlined below.  Do not use any information in the Firm/Business name, Title, or Representation lines that identify you as being from out of state.  DO fill in the address and contact information correctly.  No one that I have ever been able to find sees this after it is submitted, but let's do it right.   Section I  IDENTIFICATION Fill out name and address info Use "outdoorsman, sportsman, trapper, concerned citizen, etc." for Firm/Business/Agency.  DO NOT use information that identifies you as being from out of state. Use "trapper" for Title Fill in email and phone info   Section II  REPRESENTATION Use "myself" for Persons, groups firms represented in this appearance   Section III  POSITION Check "Opponent"   Section IV  TESTIMONY Check "Record of Appearance Only"   Type in security code shown.   Check "I agree to the ILGA Terms of Agreement".   Click on "Create Witness Slip".  Once you click on "Create Witness Slip", you should get a screen that tells you a witness slip has been created.  If you don't, some information probably wasn't filled in on the slip.  Go back and look for anything in red to tell you what was missed. After you file your witness slip, you can view the results using this link: http://my.ilga.gov/Hearing/WitnessSlipInfo/91620?hearingId=13563&LegislationDocumentId=116999&SCommittees4%2F11%2F2016-page=1&committeeid=0&chamber=S&nodays=7&_=1459792618776 It's kind of interesting to watch and see who files, and how many slips get filed. You're done.  You might get your husband/wife/child or anyone else you know to fill one out too.  We need all the help we can get to crush this bill. If you have any questions, please contact me at weil@springnet1.com.  Thanks for your help! Kent Weil, NTA Director for the Illinois Trappers Association Copyright © 2016 Connecticut Fur Harvesters Association, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email newsletter after joining the Connecticut Fur Harvesters Association Our mailing address is: Connecticut Fur Harvesters Association PO Box 2091 Vernon, CT 06066 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list