Taking their SHOTS; MINNESOTA VS. NORTH DAKOTA: THE WATERFOWL HUNTING DEBATE CONTINUED.(SPORTS)(Dennis Anderson)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: March 21, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Dennis Anderson; Staff Writer

I wrote last Sunday that the lawsuit filed by Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch and U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson against North Dakota's non-resident waterfowl hunting restrictions was a mistake. Minnesota would benefit more if it focused on rebuilding its countless lost wetlands and grasslands, I said, rather than intrude in North Dakota's business. Today, readers weigh in on Hatch's and Peterson's lawsuit in this sampling of letters received on the subject.

TERRY STORM

Walker, Minn.

If our politicians could realize the ...

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