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

P:iL IT I CAt SOPH I STI c.o\ T I ()tJ CAN HELP GA I N PUBLI C ACCEPT ANCI: AND

SUPPORT FOR THE ACQUISITION OF LANDS AND INTERESTS IN LANDS FOR FISH

AND \tJILDlIFE HABITAT. SUCH ACQUISITIONS ARE INCREASINGLY NECESSARY AS

OUR \oJESTERN STI\TES BECOME ~."ORE URBANIZED. WE SIMPLY MUST SET ASIDE

LANDS THAT \'1ILL CONTINUE TO BE USEFUl FOR HABITAT, E \.fN IF THOSE LANDS

CONTINUE TO RE USED FOR COMPATIBLE PURPOSES AND ARE NOT OWNED OUTRIGHT

lW ST A TE~Gr:NC I ES . LOCAL GO \ERNt'ENTS AND STATE LEG ISLA TURES NEED TO

UNDERSTft.NL' TH~ CONTRmUTIONS, DIRECT AND INDIRECT, ECONONlIC AND

NONECONC)".i1C TI-lAT 'rHLDLIFE HABITATS CAN MAKE. A. FEW DOLLARS LOST IN

PROPERTY TAXES CAN BE R~TURNED fv1ANY TIMES O\.f.R IN TOURIST SPENDING IN

COr....~1UNITI::S NEAR LANDS PROTECTED FOR \1HLDLIFE HABITAT. FEARS OF

LOSING AN ^.GRA~IAN COM~Ut\lITY AND PASTORAL SURROUNDINGS CAN BE ALLAYED

RY ASSURING LEGAL PROTECTION FOR LANDS NEEDED FOR HABITAT, E \fN AS

AGO I Cl lL TURE BECOMES UNECON()\'lI C.

LANDO\'f:'~ERS ARE BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THE l\D\4\NTAGF.S TO

THEM, AS \~LL AS THE FEELING OF SATISFACTION THEY CAN GET BY DONATING

DE \fLOPt.1ENT RIGHTS AND EASEMENTS. THANKS TO THE EDUCATIONAL OUTREACI-l,

EXPERTISE, AND CAPITAL OF GROUPS LIKE THE TRUST FOR PuBLIC LANDS, TH~

NATURE COt~SER\ANCY AND OUR O\~N COLORADO OPEN LANDS, 'tIE f1.RE ACQUIRING

CONTROL OF SIGNIFICANT HABITA.T. \-JILDLlFE MANAGERS NEED TO BECOfv1E E\EN

~I()RF. ACTI \f: IN THE EFFORT TO IDENTIFY HABITAT AND TO SEARCH FOR WAYS

THAT ARE POLITICALLY ACCEPTABLE FOR PROTECTING THEM FOR THEIR FISH AND

WILDlIFE POTENTIAL.

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