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  • All Idahoans should shoulder costs of wildlife

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho Mountain Express says hunters and fishermen need to help in paying the expenses- This editorial certainly makes sense to me. However, I think we will find opposition to this plan from two interesting forces — wildlife watchers and hunters.  The first is easiest to explain. An unknown number, but probably quite a few watchers,…

  • New Report Measures Wildlife Watching’s Contribution to Nation’s Economy

    Brian Ertz

    The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has released a report detailing the economic value that wildlife watching contributes to the United States economy. FWS News Release – October 9, 2008 : In 2006, the direct expenditures of wildlife watchers generated $122.6 billion in total industrial output.  This resulted in 1,063,482 jobs, a federal tax revenue…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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