How would you help wildlife?

[MuleyFever]

Ok, its the season after the season. A time for internet arguments and hypotheticals.

If you were a Bill, Jeff or Elon with billions to donate, how would you use your money to benefit wildlife?

I would look at habitat and migration. Wildlife overpasses or underpasses would be one priority. Just asking Google "One billion dollars could build approximately 100 to over 1,500 wildlife highway crossings, depending on the type, size, and complexity of the structures. "

 

[Ross]

1. Predator control. Not enough to hunt, people lose interest.
2. Technology limits, as other posts have discussed.
3. Young hunter recruitment, without the future hunting dies.

 

[MuleyFever]

1. Predator control. Not enough to hunt, people lose interest.
2. Technology limits, as other posts have discussed.
3. Young hunter recruitment, without the future hunting dies.

Predator programs is a good one. How would you use money to restrict tech? Bribe officials?

 

[Ross]

That is the dollar question. Unsure of the answer, but the sky is the limit on tech and making it easier is not always the right decision for us, nor for wildlife.

 

[Taudisio]

If we are putting 1 billion on it….
You could offer a bounty on predators, something like $200 for every coyote (maybe fresh lower jaw destroyed in front of some kind of judge), $400 for bear, $1k for a lion/wolf taken between December-May.

Another “reward” or reimbursement of license and tag for proof of a deer/elk taken with any weapon that doesn’t have a magnified optic on it.

Just simple ideas/encouragement that I don’t think violate any laws, but may still get the desired effect.

 

[DB29]

Human population control resulting in habitat protection. Need enough $$ to make human population control possible.

 

[HairyScandinavian]

What the heck? I still got 3 big hunts left!