Mike, so darn good to hear from you again.....

Your response is not without its merits and certainly is in the right direction but one key ingredient that impedes ideas of this sort is funding. The funding solutions you presented are a good first step but would likely fall short of being able to pay for this initiative. Working with a variety of private and public organizations has given me a bit of insight as to the cost structure required to make something like this happen (costs were much higher than I envisioned). Game hunters benefit from having large numbers to spread the cost of licensing around and I wonder just how many people we could realistically license for herp harvesting.

I'm not trying to be a buzzkill as I think the idea is pointing in the right direction but I wonder how much the average person would be willing to pay for their herp collecting license.

Either way it was good to talk to you again.

Your bff ,
Phil

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