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None of this would have been needed if the park service would have used the north American wildlife model (best in the world) to manage the wildlife (goats) inside the parks.This came about because of their huge failure.
Very strong likelyhood that there were groups that were "more qualified" than the groups that were ultimately selected that got nuked by the draw. Also, this isn't a state run lottery. I feel they went above and beyond. Patti could have dropped apps simply because a name was hard to pronounce but she didn't. She went through a lot of effort to make this as fair and calculated as she could.
I did send Dr Happe a thank you, even though we were not selected. It is the most impressed I've been with a government employee in a while.
"What exactly are you saying here? Are you saying that National Parks should be opened to hunting, and that should be a modification made to the North American wildlife model (best in the world)?"What I'm saying is the park service had known for decades that the goats were over populating and did nothing.Now they are exterminating them. The wildlife and tax payer deserves better. They could have chosen the manage for a healthy population 30 or 40 years ago. Yes. I'm saying they could have and should have had very regulated hunts.They could have set any rules/requirements needed. That is what they are doing know. Only it is to exterminate not manage. Probably to late to manage.The park service created this problem.No need to modify the north American wildlife model. It works great.The park service has ignored it.
Quote from: actionshooter on June 02, 2020, 09:46:22 PM I spoke with her the day after the announcement was made, and she spent a half hour talking me through the program, qualifications, outcomes, national implications, etc... She and her team did a phenomenal job in responding to everyone I heard of that reached out for personal communication, they pushed through reviewing all of these apps, and are fully supporting bringing in hunters to assist with this effort. When I talked to her she mentioned this was the first time the NPS was bringing hunters into this kind of terrain, to assist with removal of a species that live in this kind of habitat. There are national eyes on this, and the outcome will help dictate if these opportunities come up in other Parks. She was in no way taking any of this lightly. She deserves accolades from the WA hunt community for the support and effort she's put in. This is a great example of the Federal Gov't using all management techniques available, partnering with the sportsman's community, and acting in a fiscally responsible manner. Lets avoid disparaging the work she and her teams put into this.
