BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 25, 2022
Maine’s heritage sometimes comes at the expense of private landowners. LD 1951, “An Act Related to Hunting Dogs and Civil Trespass” allows Mainers to submit verbal or written testimony to protect their property from hunting dog trespass and honor the private property rights of Maine landowners, which includes civil penalties for violations of those property rights. The current language places too much enforcement responsibility on landowners rather than on the hunters to control their dogs. Contact your legislators, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and/or the Legislature’s Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee to lend your voice to protecting landowners’ property rights, and submit testimony on or before Feb. 28, at https://www.mainelegislature.org/testimony/. ~ Tammy Cloutier, Kennebunk