IMO, they suggested dropping the current m,easure of herd health because it reflects negatively on the DMP, since breeding rates and productivity declined in the wake of HR. In fact, if herd health continued to be a factor in the DMP, than we would have to assume that the PGC's constitutional mandate of wildlife conservation has been compromised directly by the plan, as it had a direct negative impact on herd health...which coincdentally was the oposite of what would have/ should have been expected. And so, we should eliminate herd health as any sort of management guideline entirely, shifting the focus ONLy to include forest health and human conflict...and the agency has basically become that DCNR, USFS apendage that Carl Roe argued so adamantly that they were not, in any uncertain terms.
We are a wildlife agency; we are not the forestry division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or the U.S. Forest Service. Unfortunately, I believe the report failed to take into consideration the two concerns we raised
Right, Carl. Btw, I heard the squirrel management program got an A+, and opportunities should continue to be excellent! LMAO