In this EMERGENCY BONUS episode, Jason talks with Don Rank of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. Don is the PA Chairman of the BHA and a returning guest. He fills us in on a specific amendment to HB 1300, a state budget bill. This amendment redirects (STEALS) $150 million from the Game Fund and allocates that money for alternate spending. Listen in as Don explains how this is a terrible financial decision for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, hunters, conservationists, and outdoors people of all kinds.

Organizations in opposition to the amended bill:

Audubon Mid-Atlantic, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Conservation Voters of PA, Ducks Unlimited, Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds, Lancaster Farmland Trust, Natural Lands, PennFuture, Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation, Pennsylvania Recreation and Park Society, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, Sierra Club PA Chapter, The Conservation Fund, The Nature Conservancy PA/DE Chapter, The Trust for Public Land, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Trout Unlimited, WeConservePA, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, American Sportfishing Association, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, Congressional Sportsmen Federation, Delta Waterfowl, Hunters for Sunday Hunting, National Deer Association, National Wild Turkey Federation, Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen and Conservationists, Pheasants Forever/ Quail Forever, Ruffed Grouse Society, SCI: First for Hunters...AND GROWING!