The Endangered Species Act Is Now Endangering Our Species

As the courts continue to decide what the Endangered Species Act is for, we have reached a point where it appears now that our wildlife that needs protecting is in eminent danger. Yesterday, Federal Judge Paul L. Friedman, ordered that the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes region be placed back under protection and management of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. That decision and the subsequent ruling of the court I now see as jeopardizing the health and sustainability of our other wildlife and plant species all within specific ecosystems. Read more

What Are Your License Fees Paying For?

As governments get bigger more is lost in the bureaucracy. I am an advocate of reducing the size of government and in particular that of states’ fish and game departments. They are too big and being asked to undertake more and more activities outside of anything to do with fish and game management.

Our license fees are intended to be used for the management of game, yet time and again we continue to hear of misappropriated monies. Some states, whose fish and game departments have been swallowed up into larger entities such as departments of natural resources or departments of environmental protection, passed laws requiring hunting, trapping and fishing license fees be spent on specific fish and game programs. Evidently that doesn’t matter much in some states. Read more