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

DE \fLOP:.1E"i, "fA TER OUALI TY, A I R QUAL lTY, PLANTS, OR LAND USE. THr:y
ARE \'IILDLIFE ISSUES AND IT IS INCutv1BENT UPON WILDLIFE MANAGI:RS TO
UNDERSTAND THE BREADTH OF C~~CERNS RELATED TO THES~ ISSUES, TO
PEJ:1CEI \.E HOI'-l THEY RELll.TE TO WILDLIFE, AND TO COfv1MlJNICATE THEIR OWN
CONCERNS TO DECISIONMAKERS.

I~!CREASINGL Y IT IS IWORTANT FOR 1.-/1 LOU FE t~ANAGEPS TO
PARTICIPAT~ IN NONCONFRONTATIONAL, CONSENSUS-BUILDING PROCESSES.
CoSTLY, '.lr~ENDI:'-JG COURT CASES SAP OUR BUDGFTS AND OUR T~CHtHCAL
RESOURCES, THEY DqI \f A '1.JEDGE BETWEEN PEOPLE AND, TYPICALLY, E \fRYONE
GOES AioJ.'W t'1AD. HHAT IS REST FOR ~'IILDLIFE -- Af\ID BEST FOR SOCIETY --
IS TO SEEK TO ACC0f'1v10DATE INTERESTS. THE CREATI VlTY OF EXPERTS, E\f}J
WITH DIFFERENT GOALS, IS LIKELY TO PRonUCE AN OIJTCOME ~~ORE
SATISFACTORY THAN A COURT CAN PRODUCE. THEY MUST, HO,'lE \.ER, UNDERSTNlD
AND RESPECT EACH nTHERS GOALS.

HE IN COLORADO ARE IN\Q \ED IN SQfl1E OF T\-IE MOST ACRIMONIOUS

AND CHALLENGING Nll.TlJRAL RESOURCE CONFLICTS OF OUR TIME. THEY IN\OL \€

THE FATE OF ENDANGERED SPECIES THAT HAVE COME INTO CONFLICT WITH WATER

DE \,fLOPrvf.NT . ON THE COLORADO ~ I \.ER THREE ENDANG~RED SPEC I ES OF F bH,

THE SQU/\I'IFISH, THE YUMPBACK CHUB, AND THE BONYTAIL CHUB, WHICH ARE THE

SU8JECT OF ^ NUt'1BER OF SESSIONS AT THIS MEETING, ARE PROTECTED BY THE

ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AGAINST THOSE WHO WOULD DE\.fLOP COLORADO RI VER

\>JA TER I N THE FUTURE. SO FAR WE HA VE A VERTED MAJOR LAWSU ITS. ALONG

WITH UTAH AND \-NOMING, WE HAVE Ca-1E TOGETHER WITH THE UNITED STATES

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