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Joe Forks
at Sun Apr 22 12:15:41 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Joe Forks ]
If TP&W wants us off the public roads and right of ways why don't they allow a sustainable harvest of non-protected non-game species from Wildlife Management Areas?
I'll tell you why. Because that makes too much sense. They would be able to manage the resource with personnel already in place for the most part, and a minimum of additional funds.
Instead they will request additional funds and personnel for enforcement to patrol the roads and right of ways.
Here's an exert from the TP&W Web site regarding Black Gap Wildlife Management Area:
Texas Parks & Wildlife's Wildlife Division adopted the following goals in 1989 for preparing management plans for WMA's.
* To develop and manage wildlife habitats and populations of indigenous wildlife species.
* To provide a site where research of wildlife populations and habitat can be conducted under controlled conditions.
* To provide areas to demonstrate habitat development and wildlife management practices to landowners and other interested groups.
* To provide natural environments for use by educational groups, naturalists, and other professional biological investigators.
* To protect populations of threatened & endangered species, related habitats, unique natural sites, and relic & vegetation communities.
* To provide public hunting and appreciative use of wildlife in a manner compatible with the resource.
* To provide suitable habitat for the re-introduction of desert bighorn sheep.
are they sure about that?
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 Wildlife Management Areas in Texas - Joe Forks, Sun Apr 22 12:15:41 2007
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