The point Creep is ridiculous

[PathFinder]

Lets not forget that many of the wildlife agencies really do want to do work but they are generally hamstrung by legislature and other agencies. The amount of red tape, especially on federal ground, is pretty remarkable.

Not saying all are good or even the good ones cant be better but largely the blame lies at red tape and lack of funding.

No doubt the folks on the ground in every agency would love nothing more than to have a budget specifically to improve habitat. Quite a bit has been done in some places, and there's lots more to do on state wildlife areas before moving on to federal ground. Extra money could be used to buy up grazing permits as well, which has been done a lot already. We just tell the feds that we're restoring the natural plant life. Or better yet, they'll all get fired in the next two years.
The hard part would be ensuring that the money made it into the field and not into additional bureaucracy.
All this to say my personal preference is for higher prices and better odds from both a conservation funding and hunting standpoint.

 

[CorbLand]

No doubt the folks on the ground in every agency would love nothing more than to have a budget specifically to improve habitat. Quite a bit has been done in some places, and there's lots more to do on state wildlife areas before moving on to federal ground. Extra money could be used to buy up grazing permits as well, which has been done a lot already. We just tell the feds that we're restoring the natural plant life. Or better yet, they'll all get fired in the next two years.
The hard part would be ensuring that the money made it into the field and not into additional bureaucracy.
All this to say my personal preference is for higher prices and better odds from both a conservation funding and hunting standpoint.

I dont disagree.

One thing that I think is largely overlooked when it comes to stuff like this is a lot of that work can be done and funded by nonprofits and volunteer work. I have done a handful of lop and scatters on state ground in the last 5 years. If you see a project that needs to be done, reach out to the land manager. Maybe instead of just raising prices to get more funding (funding is important and needed) people should actually show up and do some work on a couple Saturdays a year.

I have and in ways still am pretty critical of SFW but I give credit when credit is due. SFW has done WORK on some of the smaller, no name units around me. In talking to the guys organizing the projects, there is no shortage of people willing to help.