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SportsmenForChange.org will offer three "webinars'' this week as part of a runup to the coming legislative session.
Webinars are live, online seminars -- meetings -- that can be attended by up to 1,000 people.
The seminars will be led by a variety of people over time. This week, Garry Leaf, executive director of SportsmenForChange.org, will discuss pending legislation that would place on the ballot next fall a proposal to dedicate a fraction of the state sales tax to conservation.
Leaf also will discuss a plan to be proposed in the Legislature beginning in February that would establish a citizens council to oversee spending for fish and wildlife habitat of approximately $100 million, should the ballot measure be approved.
The council is needed, supporters say, to ensure the money isn't spent inefficiently or for unintended purposes.
Leaf said he believes the SportsmenForChange website and particularly the webinars will for the first time allow conservation advocates to reach Minnesota hunters and anglers statewide.
"The webinars can be tailormade for groups such as Ducks Unlimited and Pheasants Forever chapters,'' Leaf said. "A chapter in, say, Worthington can schedule a webinar just for its members. They can all be online at the same time from their individual homes.''
Here are days and times of this week's free seminars (check www.sportsmenforchange.org for a schedule of future online meetings.
• Today, 8-8:30 p.m.
• Monday, 12-12:30 p.m.
• Thursday, 8-8:3 0 p.m.
Registration takes a few minutes and is required to join the online meeting. To register, go to www.sportsmenforchange.org.
DENNIS ANDERSON
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