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Public Comments Aquatic Invasive Species Keith Bauman Yankton SD [email protected] Comment: I live in Yankton and have to pay Nebraska $15 a year to fish 13 blocks from my house. Wake up raise the fees and charge so we have money to have enforcement at the docks in SD. It costs money for enforcement so charge they will pay. Every boat and truck you see from out of state is worth a lot of money. They will pay it to fish. David Froehlich Brookings SD [email protected] Comment: I would approve a measure allowing in state boats could transfer fish from a lake to a cleaning station or home where the plug must be removed or valve opened before accessing another lake. Tyler Hengen Rapid City SD [email protected] Comment: This seems like a fine idea in practice, but it will require diligent oversight to ensure that the entire chain of this system is carried out appropriately. I think when exemptions are offered, you open the door for people to start taking shortcuts if they aren't being monitored, and there is a real risk of an increased spread of invasive species if transport and disposal aren't monitored extremely carefully. Further, I think the actual harvesting can be problematic if it is not done correctly. A real risk of not removing the full organism exists, and this also could result in higher invasive populations, as one would assume that the plants would repopulate at least as aggressively, if not more so, if open space and a need for increased reproduction exists. If the state is willing to spend the resources to ensure this is done correctly, I think it is a good plan. If the people harvesting the plants are willing to foot the bill for third-party oversight that reports to the state, I'm in favor of the plan. But, if this is done in a way that is nothing more than an agreement to do things a certain way, without thorough and consistent oversight, I don't think this plan makes much sense, and I think it could be potentially very damaging. Carl Gustafson Rapid City SD [email protected] Comment: Oppose the GF&P being able to allow plugs to be in place away from the dock. If the law is required for regular fishermen & women it should be applied equally to ALL, with NO EXCEPTIONS for tournaments. Douglas Mitchell Pierre SD Comment: support Black Hills Elk License Raffle Darrel Jones Dell Rapids SD [email protected] Comment: I think this is an excellent idea to raise needed funds for wildlife management. Look what the auction tag for Bighorn Sheep has done. Bringing in additional sheep to supplement the existing herd. Patrick Ballensky Akaska SD [email protected] Comment: This elk raffle is totally unacceptable to hunters who have 20+ years in preference points. Duke Remitz Frederick SD Comment: I support the idea but...how will the winner be determined among so many organizations if these organizations all raffle that one chance? Would it be beneficial to possibly raffle two tags?...if population can support the extra harvest? Roy Hendrickson Caputa SD [email protected] Comment: When a resident can not get a license for an Elk Tag with 17 years of preference points, then you want to sell those precious licenses to the highest bidder. I am strictly opposed to that idea. Drew Pitt Rapid City SD Comment: oppose James Johns Blackhawk SD [email protected] Comment: The elk license in SD is a highly coveted tag, and I like many others have years of preference points built up. The Custer State Park already goes to someone who has the cash to buy tickets in the drawing. Hunters like me who do not have the funds to buy tickets then miss out on another opportunity. I recognize the fund raising for a non-profit but please keep the tags in the pool for hunters who are hoping to get drawn through the application process. It¶s very frustrating seeing an elk tag opportunity get sold to only those who have the money to buy tickets. Please do not allow this proposal to go through. Grant Jones Deadwood SD [email protected] Comment: This would be just another example of the rich and elite being granted privileges over the average working citizen! I don¶t think that our wildlife nor The morality of the Game Fish and Parks should be for sale to the highest bidder!! Let the 501c live by private funding. There are many local people who do as much or more to help the elk than the RMEF! And they do it privately, without accolades or special privilege. Let each elk hunter get his license on a fair and equal basis...and NOT because he was simply rich enough to buy it or because he attended some money grubbing banquet!! NO! To giving or selling any tag to any privileged group!! Kayne Larimer Rapid City SD [email protected] Comment: Great idea! And I dont mind losing a few tags from the general pool knowing that these groups are doing good things with the $$$. Terrance Dosch Pierre SD [email protected] Comment: I regard the proposal with mixed feelings, but wish to extend my qualified support. If such raffle option is made available to Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation or South Dakota Wildlife Federation, both of which I maintain membership, then I am confident that the proceeds will be utilized directly to support needed conservation priorities. That notwithstanding, I believe the actual number should be extremely exclusive and limited. After all, you are technically pulling a tag from the field of deserving applicants. I am glad to denote that the CSP season would be excluded from this policy. The extremely low tag availability for residents trying to draw one of those very limited licenses should preclude inclusion in the proposal. To wit: I have been unsuccesfully applying for a CSP Any Elk tag every year since 1986 and have now amassed 33 years of preference with no positive outcome in sight. Thanks! Rick Albrecht Albuquerque NM [email protected] Comment: Concerning a petition for rule change to establish an elk raffle license that would be valid during the Black Hills elk hunting season and be available for qualifying residents only: I would request this be amended to include retired military, born a Amendment Requested . Request Elk Raffle License Proposal be amended as stated above. I was born and raised in Aberdeen. I served in the US Navy 25 years. Moved back to Sioux Falls for a short duration, but no jobs were available in my career expertise, bomb disposal and counter terrorism. I was recalled to Albuquerque, where I now reside, and still apply when I can for the East River Deer hunts. It would be greatly appreciated if Military retirees, born and raised in SD and who had to move out of state for continued support of nation and family, could still apply for the Proposed Elk Raffle License . Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Rick Albrecht Justin Allen Pierre SD Comment: I'm only in support of the elk raffle if it is limited to at max. of 1-3 organizations with a min. donation to SDGF. The donation would used to further elk hunting opps. to SD residents. Basically similar to the Big Horn license. Otherwise IMO all this does is take opp. from avg. elk hunter waiting 10-20 years to hunt with nothing in return. SD wildlife isn't set aside for folks with deep pockets that can buy 100s of dollars of raffle tickets for the chance to side step the fair general draw. Brad Scott Pierre SD [email protected] Comment: I have been applying for an Elk License for over 15 years and this would be one less license in the pool. I understand the need to support activities like this, but I am getting frustrated with the draw process and at the rate it is going will be in a wheel chair and won't be able to hunt for my bull. Roger Thue Colman SD [email protected] Comment: The proposed rule is missing significant details such as: Is the raffle license valid during the archery season, rifle season or both? If a hunter wins this raffle license, does it affect a hunter's preference points in any way? How is the money that is raised split? (i.e Does some of it go to the non-profit and some directly to GFP?) Does the non-profit need to spend 100% of the proceed raised on the raffle within the state of SD? If a hunter wins the raffle, do they still need to buy a license or is that included in the raffle cost? Is there a cap on the number of raffle licenses that can be issued (i.e. no more than 1 per each non-profit)? What if there are multiple local chapters within a statewide organization like RMEF, can each chapter get a raffle license? Is there a total limited number of raffle licenses available each year (on first come/first serve basis for the non- profits)? Will the number of licenses available to the public be reduced by the number of raffles licenses available to the non-profits. This proposal is very vague and I would not support it as written. I would possibly consider supporting it if there could be answers provided to many of the questions and issued noted above.