►
From YouTube: House Agriculture Subcommittee - February 22, 2022
Description
House Agriculture Subcommittee - February 22, 2022 - House Hearing Room 3
A
A
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman
and
mr
chairman.
It's
over
the
weekend
I
got
some
news
and
of
course,
we've
been
fighting
the
constant
issue
with
asian
carp
in
the
state
of
tennessee,
but
this
report
come
out
of
kentucky
a
total
of
9.5
million.
For
year,
2021
million
pounds
of
invasive
carp
were
removed
from
kentucky
waters
of
the
amount
8.5
million
pounds
were
harvested
from
kentucky
lake
and
lake
barkley
and,
of
course,
kentucky
lake
is
my
western
boundary.
In
my
district
and
of
course,
last
time
I
was
on
that
body
of
water.
C
A
Thank
you
for
that
representative
reedy,
and
I
doubt
that
those
numbers
even
included
what
me
and
my
kids
harvested
with
our
bows
and
arrows,
but
it
is
significant
and
and-
and
I
will
mention
that
is
sort
of
our
fact
of
the
day.
We
there
is
a
significant
effort
going
on
in
this
state
to
reduce
the
numbers
of
those
fish,
those
invasive
species.
A
And
I
think
there
are
folks
that
and
producers
that
are
looking
at
ways
at
providing
even
bigger
quantities
of
the
fish
to
the
market
for
consumption
and
one
of
those
is
in
paris.
Tennessee.
I've
met
with
those
folks
and
currently
they're
selling
fillets,
and
they
actually
don't
even
get
enough
fillets
to
supply
the
demand
that
they
have,
but
the
majority
of
the
fish
meat
itself.
They
cannot
get
off
the
off
the
bone
very
easily
and
so
they're
sending
most
of
that
fish.
A
A
So
I
think
that's
one
of
the
things
on
the
very
near
horizon
and
once
we
attain
that,
where
we're
eating
a
significant
amount
of
those
fish
versus
importing
fish
from
other
countries
and
other
parts
of
our
country,
I
think
then
we
will
see
a
tremendous
reduction
in
their
numbers
to
where
it's
sustainable
they're,
not
hurting
our
game.
Fish
population
and
not
jumping
in
our
boats
as
much
so
I
appreciate
you
bringing
that
point
and
those
details,
any
other
personal
orders
today,
seeing
none.
We
will
move
on
to
the
first
bill
on
our
calendar.
A
D
Thank
you,
mr
chairman
and
committee.
This
bill
is
brought
to
to
me
by
farm
bureau
and
it's
concerning
a
taser
study
around
our
solar
farm
energy.
Develop
and-
and
I
can't
talk
this
morning-
I'm
sorry
around
solar
energy
development
here
in
the
state
and
this
bill
directs
tasser
to
conduct
a
study
regarding
the
implications
of
utility
solar
energy
development.
D
Here
in
tennessee,
the
demand
for
solar
energy
is
increasing
exponentially,
which
means
more
solar
production
facilities
will
be
built
across
tennessee.
Landowners
are
being
approached
with
lease
agreements
to
transition.
Agricultural
land
into
solar
facilities,
and
very
few
laws
exist.
To
protect
landowners
for
from
exploitation
damages
unexpected
monetary
losses.
D
It
is
not
farm
bureau's,
intent
to
stop
solar
facilities
from
existing,
but
to
better
understand
the
issue
by
bringing
all
stakeholders
together
to
determine
what
laws
and
regulations
if
any
should
exist
to
protect
landowners
and
the
environment,
and
that's
what
this
tasker
study
should
bring
back
is
some
recommendations
of
how
we
go
about
that
in
our
next
general
assembly
and
mr
chairman
of
committee.
This
report
should
be
back.
D
E
A
A
B
A
F
A
A
A
A
G
A
G
A
A
H
A
Thank
you,
sir.
This
amendment
makes
the
bill,
and
this
basically
directs
the
tennessee
wildlife
resources
agency
to
set
up
a
system
of
duck
blind
drawings
within
the
wildlife
management
areas
of
the
state.
It
has
two
different
sections
that
are
that
apply
to
different
types
of
blinds.
The
first
would
be
the
tier
one
blinds
that
they're
under
current
designation,
the
tier
ones
that
the
commission
has
designated
already
first.
A
Those
blinds
would
be
a
that
have
a
random
drawing
held
in
person
as
they
traditionally
were
in
2019
and
before
they
must
not
use
a
priority
point
system
so
that
if
you
enter
the
drawing,
you
provide
the
necessary
license
and
permits
you
are
able
to
enter
that
drawing
with
the
same
chance
as
everyone
else
in
the
drawing
is,
and
it's
only
open
to
residents
of
this
state
who
hold
all
required
state
and
federal
licensing
licenses
and
permits
for
waterfowl
hunting
at
the
time
of
entry,
except
the
migratory
foul
permit.
That's
the
federal
duck
stamp.
A
A
Those
blinds
will
be
subject
to
rules
that
the
agency
promulgates
establishing
a
random
drawing
for
that
and
the
drawing
may
be
a
random
computerized
drawing.
So
that
gives
folks
from
across
the
state
the
ability
to
enter
these
drawings
for
these
hunts.
Currently,
the
tier
twos
are
hunted
on
a
three
and
four
day
permit
process.
So
it's
open.
It
opens
up
opportunities
to
people
from
outside
of
the
direct
region
around
each
one
of
these
wmas
in
order
to
hunt
these
on
these
short
term
hunts.
A
So
we
have
had
a
lot
of
conversations
with
the
agency
about
this,
encouraging
them
to
establish
new
hunt
locations
for
people
to
truly
create
new
opportunities
for
folks
across
the
state
and
where
they're
not
necessarily
able
to
go
for
a
full
60
day.
Hunt
most
of
the
duck
seasons
now
are
on
a
60-day
time
period,
which
is
set
by
the
federal
government
for
the
u.s
fish
and
wildlife
service.
A
The
last
section
of
this
bill
deals
with
duck
blinds
that
are
privately
owned.
On
realfoot
lake,
when
the
wildlife
agency
took
over
management
of
an
area
of
the
lake,
there
were
a
number
of
private
blinds
that
folks
had
been
hunting
out
of
for
many
many
years
they
had
had
built
their
blinds.
They
they
had
invested
a
lot
of
money
in
those,
and
so
there
was
an
agreement
made
at
that
time
that,
when
the
owner
of
that
blind
passes
away,
that
blind
would
revert
to
the
agency
and
they
could
do
with
it.
A
The
agency
can
make
money
off
of
that
and
only
guides
legal
license
guides
with
appropriate
liability
insurance
policies
could
enter
that
auction.
So
this
lets
the
highest
bidder
determine
what
each
one
of
those
blinds
would
go
for
in
a
very
fair
and
open
market
setting
and
allows
those
guys
to
continue
their
business.
A
H
E
E
You've
you've
had
you've
had
me
discussing
ducks
all
weekend
long.
I
you
know
I,
and-
and
I
don't
know
it's
hard
to
get
a
count
to
say
more
people
want
this,
and
more
people
don't
want
this.
But
down
in
the
area
where
I
am,
I
got
several
calls
about
this
legislation
who
feels
uncomfortable
with
it
and
they
think
that
what
it
might
do
is
privatize
twra
more
than
anything
because
you
just
mentioned
the
fact
of
being
able
to
purchase
the
duck
blind.
E
I
guess
it
would
probably
be
focu
and
I
probably
don't
even
know
all
I'm
talking
about,
but
wouldn't
would
have
money
to
do
that.
So
my
twra
people
in
my
area
really
have
some
problems
with
this,
and
I
guess
what
I'm
wondering-
and
this
is
johnny
shaw-
is
why
this
could
not
be
settled
among
them
if
they
all
came
together
from
say,
east
to
west
and
between
and
just
sit
down
and
have
a
meeting
and
discuss
this
and
talk
about
what
would
be
best
for
all
the
hunters.
A
Todd.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
It's
certainly
a
fair
question
and
I
hate
that
you
missed
your
greens
on
sunday
because
of
this,
and
I've
been
dealing
with
this
for
probably
13
or
14
months.
It's
taken
up
an
awful
lot
of
my
time.
I've
had
representatives
from
many
other
districts
have
contacted
me
and
said:
we've
got
folks
in
middle
tennessee
and
east
tennessee
asking
me
about
duck
blinds,
and
I
don't
know
anything
about
it.
Would
you
talk
to
them?
A
So
I
have
folks
from
all
over
the
state
that
have
been
contacting
me
about
the
issues
with
the
new
system
that
was
put
in
place
just
this
last
season
and
some
of
the
ideas
that
have
been
brought
forth
like
the
three
and
four
day
hunts,
I
think,
is
an
excellent
idea.
I
think
that's
been
overwhelmingly
popular.
A
If
the
permit
holder
is
not
there,
then
anyone
can
get
in
that
blind,
but
in
these
specific
blinds
that
are
three
and
four
day
hunts,
that's
not
allowed
that's
against
the
law,
so
you
cannot
get
in
that
blind
if
you're,
not
the
permit
holder,
so
many
of
them
we're
hearing
this
is
all
across.
The
state
have
remained
empty
a
good
number
of
days
of
the
season,
which
is
reducing
the
opportunity
for
hunters.
A
So
all
this
bill
does
is
says
we're
going
to
keep
that
system
we're
going
to
keep
those
blinds
or
that
category
of
blinds,
but
those
are
going
to
be
brand
new
locations
and
you
can
have
any
rules
you
want
to
with
those
we'll
still
give
folks
the
opportunity
to
hunt
in
that
manner
for
three
and
four
days
at
a
time
draw
by
computer
drawing.
So
you
don't
have
to
show
up
in
person
you
can.
A
You
can
apply
if
you're
in
upper
east,
tennessee
and
and
then
just
with
your
drawn
show
up
on
the
day
of
the
hunt
without
committing
that
blind
to
a
whole
season.
As
to
the
the
other
point
about
privatizing,
what
we're
doing
is
currently
we're
we're
giving
permits
to
use
these
public
blinds.
All
of
these
are
on
public
property,
except
for
those
at
real
foot
in
in
another
location
or
two
that
are
private
for
a
period
of
time.
A
A
A
E
Mr
chairman
and
I'll
be
through.
I
let
let
me
just
say
you
know
again.
I
represent
the
people
twra
in
my
area
and
I
I'm
kind
of
just
representing
them.
I
feel
kind
of
bad
because
you
know
I
this
is
an
election
year.
I
don't
go
against
anybody,
but
at
the
same
time
I
want
to
do
what
I
I
kind
of
depend
upon
the
folks
at
t
tw
already
to
keep
me
straight,
because
I
don't
hunt.
So
I
just
kind
of
take
that
word
forward.
H
A
Todd,
yes,
if
I
could
just
respond
to
that,
a
lot
of
the
issues
that
the
twra
staff
you
refer
to
deals
with
are
biological
issues,
things
that
you
and
I
may
not
know
much
about
they
deal
with
setting
limits.
They
do
surveys,
they
know
how
much
game
is
out
there
at
any
given
time
and
what
the
harvest
rates
need
to
be
for
that
game
to
be
able
to
control
the
population
and
provide
for
a
sustainable
future
for
those
species.
A
This
doesn't
address
anything
to
do
with
that.
This
has
nothing
to
do
with
biology.
This
has
nothing
to
do
with
with
management
from
the
standpoint
of
wildlife
at
all.
That's
the
that's
I
I
don't
want
to
ever
get
into
that
realm
of
where
we
as
a
legislature,
are
stepping
over
that
line
and
and
pushing
those
professionals
to
do
something
that
goes
against
the
science.
A
All
this
has
to
do
with
is
whether
people
have
been
represented,
or
not,
quite
frankly,
and
many
many
hunters
out
there-
probably
the
majority
that
I've
heard
from
feel
like
their
voices
have
not
been
heard
and
last
friday
the
commission
voted
to
basically
continue
this
program
with
very
little
changes
moving
forward
into
another
year.
Not
only
did
they
do
that,
but
they
did
that
after
promising
many
of
us
multiple
times
over
the
last
couple
of
months
that
we
will
get
surveys,
the
hunters
are
providing
surveys
and
we're
going
to
respond
to
those
surveys.
A
We're
going
to
do
what
the
surveys
say
and
if
you
watch
the
commission
meeting,
you
will
see
where
they
did
the
opposite
of
that
they
had
the
surveys
in
front
of
them
that
they'd
been
promising
for
months
and
they
did
the
opposite
of
what
the
survey
said.
That's
what
this
addresses
the
hunters
have
spoken.
The
agency
said
the
commission
said
they
would
honor
the
surveys,
and
now
they
are
not
honoring
their
survey.
So
that's
that's
why
I'm
bringing
this
and
why
I'm
continuing
forward
with
this?
Mr
chairman,.
G
You
in
chairman,
I
talked
to
you
yesterday
about
this,
and
your
bill
made
perfect
sense
to
me.
I'm
not
a
duck
hunter,
but
it
made
sense
to
me.
I
don't
know
where
the
word
got
out
that
it
made
sense
to
me,
but
between
the
time
I
talked
to
you
and
this
morning,
they've
lit
me
up
and
I
I
don't
work
for
twra.
G
H
C
H
H
A
You,
mr
chairman,
I
I
would
prefer
this
not
go
to
summer
study
because
I
think
we
all
know
what
generally
happens
there.
This
is
a
pressing
issue
that
will
affect
many
many
hunters
across
this
state
and
many
economies
across
the
state.
There's
one
thing
I
didn't
mention
while
ago
is
that
when
the
agency
and
the
commission
put
this
in
motion
a
year
ago,
they
did
not
do
one
single
economic
impact
study
at
all
across
the
state
to
see
how
it
was
going
to
affect
any
of
the
areas
any
of
the
wmas
involved.