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

ISN'T JU~- PDODUCING ^NI~l^.LS TO RE HUNTED AND FISHED, ISN'T SIMPLY
PRODUCING ANII1ALS TO BE HUNTED AND FISH TO BE CAUGI-ff, IT IS AN
UNNATURAL DI STINCTION. I-bw CAN WE SAY mE DAY WE APE IMPPOVING HABITAT
FOR RI \ER OTTEQ, AND THEREFORE WE ARE IN\Ol \ED IN NONGAME MANAGEMENT,
AND THE NEXT DAY SAY THAT vIE ARE DOING GAME MANAGEMENT BECAUSE \-JE ARE
PROTECTING \'1ETlANDS FOR DUCKS? IT IS ARTIFICIAL TO SEGREGATE LICENSE
FEES OR PERSOt~NEL nR PROGRIi.fv1S SIMPLY BECAUSE AN ACTI VITY MAY OR MAY
NOT HA \E AS ITS CENTRAL FOCUS THE HABITAT OF A SPECIES THAT WILL OR
WILL NOT ~E SUBJECT Tn HAR\EST IN A PARTICULAR Yl:AR. E\.fRY BIOLOGIST
KNO\'JS THllT OJ \fRSITY OF SPECIES IS THE K!:Y TO LONG-TERM VITALITY OF
ALL. ~A'-THY L.lABITAT THAT PERMITS OI \ERSITY SER\ES ~OTH NAllJRE AND
SOCIETY BEST. I \'IAS PLEASED TO SEE JIM RUCH MAKE A MANAGEMENT
I)I=:CISION IN T\-lE DI VISIOrJ nF HILDLIFE TO r~F:RGE THE Fur,ICTIOtIS OF GAMF
-, AND NQNGN'1f: M.ANAGEf~ENT IN A RECENT REORGANIZIiTION OF THE DI VISION.

HHY A~E THERE SCHISMS AMOr~G \'lHAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE NATURAL

ALLIES IN SOUND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT? PRI VATE SPORTSMEN'S GROUPS HA v:

LONG FURNISHED IN\A'\UJABLE SUPPORT TO PUBLIC ~IILI)_IFE MANAGEMENT

AGENCIES. THEY WILL REMAIN OUR CLOSEST FRIENDS. BUT WILDLIFE HAS A

\'IIDER GROllP OF POTENTIAL FRIENDS SIJCH AS ENVIRONt~ENTAL GROUPS,

FARMF-RS, CATTLEMEN, INDIANS, WATER USERS, AND RECREATIONAL BOATERS.

Sflv\nIMEs \'IILa..IFE INTERESTS PART WAYS WITH THOSE GROUPS BUT

THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WORKING TOGETHER IS IMPOSSIBLE. THERE IS

OFTEN C~1ON GROUND.

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