BY RICK PLUTA
Michigan Public Radio Network
The state Senate is poised to vote on some hunting rights legislation. One measure would allow voters to amend the state constitution to guarantee hunting and fishing rights. Another would circumvent a referendum on a new law that allows wolf hunting.
The measure would let an appointed panel unilaterally create hunting seasons without waiting for a state law.
Maggie Rich circulated petitions to challenge Michigan's new wolf-hunting law on next year's ballot.
She showed up at a rally to oppose the legislation.
"I worked on the petition and it's sickening the way the whole process has been circumvented." Rich said.
The Senate bill could also render moot the 2006 referendum that outlawed hunting mourning doves. Supporters of the bill say state wildlife specialists should make decisions about hunting and wildlife management. And UP lawmakers say wolf incursions into cities and towns are a growing problem.
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