Gerald Martin
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That is exactly my point. Outfitters and residents who refuse to be willing to address the real problem (too much pressure on the available resource) end up destroying the very thing they claim to be fighting for.At some point opportunity goes down with quality. We are well past that point on most public lands. That's unless taking a nature walk with a rifle and not seeing any game is your version of opportunity.
It’s understandable that outfitters do so because for all practical purposes the resource has always been a means to an end (profit). Their concern is primarily protecting their interests. That isn’t always at odds with sound wildlife management. When it is at odds with good management the choices MOGA and the outfitters have repeatedly made, prove to me they will always elevate profit over stewardship.
What is less comprehensible to me is how residents walk lock step on support of the very things that counter their own interests.
I think it stems mainly from ignorance of what the factors are that are causing the decline of opportunities and an unwillingness to make any sacrifices in the present to reap benefits in the future. It’s easier to find scapegoats than solutions.