tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post199057292647242632..comments2023-09-11T08:58:24.710-06:00Comments on Reach Upward: Where Have All the Hunters Gone?Scott Hinrichshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-67412345141174553232007-10-31T01:27:00.000-06:002007-10-31T01:27:00.000-06:00I think most hunters would disagree with RM Warnic...I think most hunters would disagree with RM Warnick. I've been involved in different environmental efforts and find a widespread respresentation of interests in our wildland. Here is a list of <A HREF="http://slsites.com/dir.html?category_id=1132" REL="nofollow">local environmental groups</A>. If I added in the national groups active in Utah; The list would have several hundred more entries.<BR/><BR/>Hunters and fishers are way outgunned in the halls of power. The hunters and fishers generally have strong influence because they tend to invest their time and effort in actually doing things. Environmental groups tend to spend their time in shrill self-centered whines.<BR/><BR/>Hunters and fishers are also interesting in that they are traditionally keen on protecting everyone's access to public lands. If you actually want to rehabilitate land, there is no better ally than hunters and fisher, and none worse than an environmentalist.<BR/><BR/>Quite frankly, the environmental left is the one and only group that I've encountered that has actually tried to block others out of the process.<BR/><BR/>I am an avid conservationist. Hunters and fishers have earned my respect. The shrill environmental left has pretty much lost my respect. <BR/><BR/>As for why I started this comment...<BR/><BR/>One problem I see with hunting and fishing is that they are generally interested in hunting a select group of trophy species. I think it would be cool if the hunting community concentrated on hunting invasive or otherwise damaging species like the starling or the <A HREF="http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/invasive/asiancarp/" REL="nofollow">Asian Carp</A>.<BR/><BR/>The hunting community might be able to draw in more enthusiasts if there were concerted efforts to hunt invasive species that do the wilderness harm.y-intercepthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-53684723817042737152007-10-30T16:54:00.000-06:002007-10-30T16:54:00.000-06:00There is an interesting podcast and discussion abo...There is an interesting podcast and discussion about innovative free market methods of dealing with environmental factors <A HREF="http://cafehayek.typepad.com/hayek/2007/10/tragedy-of-the-.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Scott Hinrichshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-47845548644352037092007-10-29T10:37:00.000-06:002007-10-29T10:37:00.000-06:00Clearly we need to radically re-think wildlife man...Clearly we need to radically re-think wildlife management. Most of it is of, by and for the hunters and fishers. The rest of us are outside the system.rmwarnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948594032787232166noreply@blogger.com