June 11, 2008
IN BRIEF: TOURISM, FILM AND THE ARTS NEWS

Sportsmen’s group cites O’Malley for environmental stewardship

Gov. Martin O’Malley receives the “Sportsmen’s Best Friend of the Year” award today from the Maryland Legislative Sportsmen’s Foundation, a partner of the Maryland Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus.

The group is honoring the governor for his leadership and response to environmental concerns that impact fishing, hunting and trapping in Maryland.

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Sen. John Astle, Democratic co-chair of the caucus and a member of the Maryland Tourism Development Board, praised Gov. O’Malley’s support for rebuilding the Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population and such legislation as the Maryland Artificial Reef Initiative.

“When it comes to the traditional rights of sportsmen to hunt, fish and trap, there are no partisan boundaries,” said Del. Richard B. Weldon, Jr., Republican co-chair of the caucus. “We all want a available open-space land in which to hunt and a clean watershed in which to fish.”

(Pictured: Gov. O'Malley at a press conference regarding renewable energy, May 20.)