The Natural Resources Commission are appointed by the Governor, and not elected like
our Senators or Representatives.
They are not accountable to the voters of Michigan or our elected officials. They
were given this undisputed power by Proposal G as a result of Public Act 377 of 1996 (Senate Bill 1033), and adopted by a
majority of the electors.
A single case of Chronic Wasting Disease was discovered in August 2008 at a
deer farm in Kent County. As a precausonary measure, the head of the MDNR imposed a tempory
ban of feeding and baiting of deer and elk in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.
Fearing an added economic hard ship to some Michigan business’s during an already
stressed economy, and an increase in whitetail deer numbers in areas already stressed with overpopulation problems. The Michigan
House of Representatives adopted House Resolution No. 96. (With no opposition) that asked the head of the MDNR to reduce the
baiting ban to a containment area around the infections discovery and to hold further discussions. These were our elected
officials, and they were simply ignored.
On October 9th 2008. At the monthly meeting of the Michigan Natural Resources Commission,
A vote was passed unanimously to impose a permanent ban on the feeding of whitetail deer and elk. This was imposed regardless
that no other case’s of the disease has been found either at the original source of the infection or in our wild herd.
As of this date, no other cases of CWD have been found.
This has been detrimental to farmers who grow crops for deer bait, business that sell
deer bait and unpopular with hunters who used baiting as a tool to help in harvesting deer.
Proposal G can be amended by a majority vote of our House of Representatives.
