+1Elkhuntingfool said:I think that's a tough call for the DWR. SFW does a lot for Utah's wildlife and it'd be difficult for the DWR to tell them to drop off the check and keep quiet and leave the wildlife management to them.Okay, he's right about SFW having way too much say in what should be a public process, but you've got to give them credit for going to bat for us -- like them or not. Am I wrong?
I also think that the RAC members, wildlife board or any other committee that is part of DWR, should in no way have a member from a conservation group.
This is just my opinion and not a knock on any conservation group.
SL Tribune trashes the DWR's RAC process
I read an interesting article in the Tribune from Tom Wharton at http://sltrib.com/outdoors/ci_6809767
Here's the first paragraph: "Utah ought to get away from the sham that the public owns wildlife and is a part of its management. If truth in advertising were in effect, the Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) would be called the Division of Hunting and Angling."
He goes on to describe how a former non-hunting RAC member says the entire thing was rigged to promote hunting and fishing, and then blames special interest groups like Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife.
Okay, he's right about SFW having way too much say in what should be a public process, but you've got to give them credit for going to bat for us -- like them or not. Am I wrong?
Here's the first paragraph: "Utah ought to get away from the sham that the public owns wildlife and is a part of its management. If truth in advertising were in effect, the Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) would be called the Division of Hunting and Angling."
He goes on to describe how a former non-hunting RAC member says the entire thing was rigged to promote hunting and fishing, and then blames special interest groups like Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife.
Okay, he's right about SFW having way too much say in what should be a public process, but you've got to give them credit for going to bat for us -- like them or not. Am I wrong?
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