On Target Outdoor Sportsmen's News Headlines Wildlife Legislative Fund of America August 23, 2001 USFWS Withdraws Unnecessary Field Trial Guidelines Columbus - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has issued a directive rescinding the Interim Guidelines that restrict field trials on lands purchased with Pittman-Robertson (P-R) funds. The directive, which was sent to USFWS regional offices across the country, indicates that the Service will also be reexamining the need for a national policy on field trials. The instruction to rescind the guidelines comes as a result of an intense grassroots lobbying campaign organized by the Wildlife Legislative Fund of America (WLFA) and field trial organizations including the American Brittany Club; Amateur Field Trial Clubs of America, Inc.; Amateur Field Trial Clubs of America, Region 6; Associated Bird Dog Clubs of Ohio; German Shorthaired Pointer Club of America; Hoosier Field Trial Club; Indiana Field Trial Association and National German Shorthair Pointer Association. Rob Sexton, WLFA state services director, is pleased with this announcement, but cautions field trialers that there is still work to be done. The Service is expected to publish a notice in The Federal Register asking for public comments on the need for a field trialing policy applicable to state lands purchased or maintained with P-R dollars. "The flood of calls from field trialers to their congressmen and the U.S. Department of the Interior have made the difference on this issue so far," said Sexton. "While calls from field trialers led to the rescinding of the Interim Guidelines, only continued calls from sportsmen and sportswomen can keep us from having an unnecessary national policy for field trials." Wildlife Legislative Fund of America 801 Kingsmill Parkway Columbus, OH 43229-1137

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