I am not familiar with the particulars of the Upper Mississippi U.S. Fish and Wildlife plan, or its criticism. Both candidates in the Governor's debate framed the issue as if the Wildlife Service consulted no users in making their decisions. I suspect that they consulted lots of people, but that some didn't like the outcome. I think waterfowl hunters as a whole are very thoughtful environmental stewards. But I don't like the way some politicians frame the debate as if it were between resource "users" and those who want to "keep" the environment from any human use.
Bird watchers, photographers, sight seers, hikers, and canoists use the environment just as much as duck hunters, anglers, and boaters. It is our resource, too!
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