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

MI\NAGJ:r'FJ":- I S TO ~ST ABU SH THE CONNECT lOt! BETWf:f:tJ "'II LOll FF ' MAN^Gf:MENT
AND THE ECONO\lI C \'II:LL -BE I NG OF THE HEST. As JIlv1 RUCH PO I NTED IN HIS
REMAqKS, \'IHEN "'E RE VITALIZE POLLUTED LAKES AND RI \fRS, AND WrlEN '.'/E PI IT
FISHING OPPORTUNITIES ~HTHIN A BIKE RIDE OF CHILDREN IN OUR
M:TROPOlITAN AREAS, ~IE ARE MAKING t.'1AJOR CONTRIBI/TIONS TO THE QUALITY
OF LIFE FOR ALL, \-.fHETHER THEY HA\E E\fR FISHED OR NOT. THE PLATTE
Rl\ER GRE~N\~AY THAT NOW Rur~S THRCllGH DEN\ER HAS PROVIDED BIKING,
JOGGING, R^FTI'~G, AND PICNICKING AREAS FOR DEN\ER CITIZENS AND IT HAS
INCREASEr PROPERTY Vr\LUr:S. IT HAS NEARLY UNANIMOUS SUPPOPT AND IT
ENABLES US TO REESTABLISH A HEALTHY FISHERY HABITAT THAT WAS DESTROYED
MANY YEARS AGO.

TOI/RI S~.l A\JD RECREATION ARE BECO!'lING API ECONOI'llC MAINSTAY OF

MUCH OF THE HEST. AGR!CUL TURE IS IN DISTRESS. OUR ~~INIf\!G INDUSTRY IS

SUFFERING AND H.AS AU/lAYS EXPERIENCED WILD VARIATIONS IN ITS VITAL

SIGNS. E\fN OUR TREASURED HIGH TECH INDUSTRIES ARE GOING THROUGH

SERIOUS GRO\~ING PAINS. BUT TOURISM AND RECREATION HAS BEEN GROWING

CONSTANTLY AND E \ENL Y, GI VING US A RELIABLE AND SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC

BASE. IN r.OLORAOO WE FIND THAT TOGETHER, AS AN INDllSTRY, TOURISM AND

RECREATION HA \E SURPASSED MINING AND AGRIClJL TURE AND NOW CONSTITUTE

OJR SECOND LAoGEST INDUSTRY AFTER MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION.

HILDLIFE INTERESTS HA \E MUCH IN C()MV1()N WITH THOSE WHO PROVID~
SKIING, BOATING, SIGHTSEEING, BACK PACKING, AND E\EN CON\ENTIONEERING
EXPERIENCES. AT OUR STATE PARKS FISHING IS THE NUMBER ONE DRAW. OUR

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