These are just a few of the many accomplishments MOHA has
achieved since 1994.
• MOHA initiated and hosted the first outdoor leadership "Summit",
bringing together state and national outdoor organization leadership, state
and federal outdoor agency staff and key state legislators, with the goal
to form lasting partnerships to help protect our outdoor heritage.
• MOHA's organization is being used by the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation,
based in Washington, to form similar organizations in each state, which will
all be tied together for political action through the CSF.
• Passage of the Constitutional Amendment to protect hunting, fishing and
trapping in 1998 after four intense years of legislative work, public awareness
programs and combat with "anti" groups. Minnesota was the second
state to successfully pass this protection and is being used as a model for
similar legislation in many other states.
• MOHA members have played a leadership role on many of the DNR advisory
and budget oversight committees.
• MOHA legal efforts helped successfully prosecute animal rights advocates
who trespassed to disrupt hunting.
• MOHA created the Youth Outdoor Heritage Expo to bring kids in contact with
all aspects of our outdoor heritage, from clubs and organizations, to outdoor
education and careers.
• MOHA initiated a successful annual Legislative Dinner- now in its 12th
year – which brings together members of the Legislative Caucus with
representatives from the many MOHA organizations at the beginning of each
Legislative session.
• MOHA joined with the Minnesota Bowhunters, Inc. and Scott County to successfully
prosecute animal rights advocates who disrupted a controlled archery deer
hunt.
MOHA attended all District Court hearings, appeared before the Court of Appeals
and submitted amicus curaie briefs to the Court. Ultimately, the animal rights
Defendants appealed to the Minnesota Supreme Court who allowed the Court
of Appeals decision to stand. This decision was a big win for Minnesota sports
men and women.
• MOHA and SCI supported the Minnesota DNR in court to defeat a lawsuit
brought by environmental groups aimed at closing significant portions of
the Superior National Forest.
• MOHA supported the shooting ranges in this state in a successful quest
to pass legislation protecting existing shooting ranges from closure by developers.
• MOHA has several times headed off proposed animal cruelty legislation
that was written in a way that could be used as a direct attack on hunting,
fishing and trapping.
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“Our mission is to protect and guarantee the
right to pursue the time-honored traditions of hunting and fishing,
and related activities, for every Minnesota citizen, in perpetuity,
through legislative action, public awareness and education.”
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