Bill Summary for Bill Number SJR11-040

Date: 04/28/2011

Final
SJR11-040

SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND ENERGY

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Moved to refer SJR 11-40 to the full senate. The m	PASS

01:42 PM -- SJR 11-040

Senate White, sponsor, described the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution 40 concerning wild horse and burro management. The introduced resolution urges the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to take certain actions concerning the management of these herds. She also described federal laws concerning the management of wild horses and burros on federal lands and wild horse and burro populations in Colorado.

The following persons testified on the resolution:

01:53 PM -- Gary Moyer, Colorado Association of Conservation Districts, spoke in support of the resolution and described the impact of wild horses and burros on federal lands.

02:00 PM -- Bonnie Brown, Colorado Wool Growers Association, Colorado Cattlemen's Association, spoke in support of the resolution and described the impact of wild horses and burros on federal range lands (Attachment B).

02:07 PM -- Callie Hendrickson, White River and Douglas Creek Conservation District, Colorado Farm Bureau, spoke in support of the resolution and described the impact of wild horses and burros on federal range lands (Attachment C).

02:14 PM -- Cindy Lair, Colorado Department of Agriculture, spoke in support of the resolution and described her work with conservation districts. She also described the impact of wild horses and burros on federal range lands.

02:16 PM -- Dianna Orf, Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado, spoke in support of the resolution.

02:17 PM -- Vanessa Delgado, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, described polices to manage wild horses and burros on federal lands and recent gatherings of wild horses and burros. She also responded to questions from the committee about a recent lawsuit concerning the gathering of wild horses and burros on federal lands.


BILL:	SJR 11-040
TIME:	02:23:20 PM
MOVED:	Jahn
MOTION:	Moved to refer SJR 11-40 to the full senate. The motion passed on a vote of 7 to 0.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Brophy	Yes
	Giron	Yes
	Grantham	Yes
	Guzman	Yes
	Harvey	Yes
	Jahn	Yes
	Schwartz	Yes

Final YES: 7 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS