Legislature to sue Fish and Wildlife

The state Legislature will ask the state’s attorney general to file a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under a bill that was passed to the Senate Friday.

House Bill 1399 received a 86-5 vote by the House floor.

The state’s lawsuit would be filed to require Fish and Wildlife to delineate property boundaries around the state giving agriculture producers a better understanding of private property boundaries and property managed by Fish and Wildlife.

The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Craig Headland, R-Montpelier, said the exact acreage of property was not delineated prior to 1995, which has been creating land management issues between a private ag producer and Fish and Wildlife.

“Let’s see if they can put together a case,” he said. “We know when you sue the federal government it is difficult, imagine how difficult

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