7943

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7943
• Author: Getches, D. H.
• Title: As Wildlife Goes, So Goes The West, ‎(for the annual meeting of The Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies)‎.
• USFW Year: 1985.
• USFW - Doc Type: July 17, 1985.
• Copyright Material: NO

HIGH Ltl.f~ OF TECH~llCAL SOPHISTICATION. THAT MUST BE r~^TCHED IN THE
REALM OF POLITICS.

CUR NOTION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES \'IILDLIFE M/'1.NAGEMENT IS

CHANGING, AND PROPERLY SO. WILDLIFE ITSELF, OF COURSE, li WILD AND

CAN'T RE "MANAGED." HAB IT AT CAN BE PROTECTED AND MAN I PULA TED BY

MANAGING PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS. WILDLIFE MANAGERS, THEN, ARE

STe'lARDS OF HAB IT AT WHO MUST BE AMBASSADORS TO DO THE I R J0BS \\'ELL.

THEY MUST ASSUME A GREATER, MORE \OCAL, tv'ORE CONSTRUCT I \E ROLE, AS Ii.

\'IIDE R.ANGE OF RESOURCE DECISIONS A.RE r~ADE. DECISIONS ABOUT URBAN

DE\,fLOpr~E\JT, 'J/ILDERNESS, \~/ILD AND SCENIC RI \ER DESIGNATION, GRAZING

POLI CY, OPEN SPACE AND PARKS, A I RPORT S IT I NG, It/A TER DI: \ELOP'~ENT .AND

CONS!:R \$\ TI Or-!, PUBLI C LAND PLANN ING BY THE UN I TED STATES FORE ST SER VI CE

AND BuREAU OF LAND j'1ANAGEMENT, LOCAL LAND USE ZONING, ARE ALL

DECISIONS THAT CAN HA\E A MAJOR Ir~ACT ON WILDLIFE.

HILDlIFE t-1ANAGERS SHOULD PN~TICIPATE IN DECISIONMA!<ING

PROCESSES ALmlG ~~ITH FEDERAL AGENCIES, WATER DE \ELOPERS, COUNTY

COMMISSIONERS, MINERS, AND CITY COUNCILS. CoNSTITUENTS -- DRA,WN FROM

THE BROADER CONSTITUENCIES I ENVISION FOR WILDLIFE -- SHOULD BE AT

THEIR SIDE, AWARE OF WILDLIFE IMPACTS. THE WILDLIFE MANAGER HAS AN

OPPORTUr-nTY ArJD A DUTY TO EDUCATE AND ENLIGHTEN THE PUBLIC, THE

WILDlIFE CONSTITUENCY, AND DECISIONt-1AKERS ABOUT THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS

OF ISSUES BEFORE THEM. WILDLIFE MANAGERS PROPERLY ARE CONCERNED WITH

QUESTIONS THAT SUPERFICIALLY APPEAR TO BE QUESTIONS ABOUT WATER

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