If hunters, trappers and ranchers had an enemies list, state Sen. Jeff Steinborn might be at the top of it.
On Monday, Steinborn is sure to clash with livestock owners and many rural legislators who represent them.
He is to present his Senate Bill 76, which would outlaw contests staged to see who can kill the most coyotes. It has cleared one legislative committee and is on to another.
He also will be pitching a bill that would change the name of the state Department of Game and Fish to the Wildlife Department. Another facet of this proposal, Senate Bill 203, would transform the Game Commission into the Wildlife Commission.
This is not about semantics. Not to Steinborn.
He didn’t like the way the Game Commission operated during the previous eight years, when Republican Gov. Susana Martinez appointed…
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