Among the less publicized constitutional amendments Florida voters will decide next month is a measure that would enshrine the right to hunt and fish in the state’s Constitution with Amendment 2. The ballot language says this: “Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to preserve forever fishing and hunting,

Opponents of Amendment 2 say it's a waste of time. "Why do we need to put this in our state constitution?" said Eve Samples, the executive director of the environmental group Friends of the Everglades. "We already have a protected right to fish and hunt in ...

Tens of thousands of Floridians, and thousands more visitors that come to our state, enjoy fishing and hunting. We live in a state surrounded by water and wildlife and people have taken advantage of that.

Rick Roth co-sponsored the bill to get Amendment Two on the ballot. “There could be people someday against hunting and fishing, because y