Hunters make up less than 7 percent of our citizenry, yet their voices are heard above all othersPreston Moore

Jun. 4, 2021 4:00 pmA black bear ambles through a cornfield in 2016 near the Yellow River State Forest in Northeast Iowa. Chances are the bear was passing through from its home in a neighboring state. According to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the state does not have a reproducing population of black bears. But black bear sightings are growing more common in Iowa. (Photo supplied by Brian Gibbs)

Iowa’s natural resources — its lands and our wildlife — belong to all of us as Iowans. Unfortunately, it’s only the voices pushing for consumptive uses that Iowa’s Department of Natural Resources and Natural Resource Commission pay any attention to.

Hunters make up less than 7 percent of our citizenry, yet their voices are heard above all others…