"All that $ in reserve yet we lack any data on the results of AR, and WMI said available herd health data was insufficient to date. ??????? Why won't they ante up and pay for more research, esp if they think it would vindicate their management goals? Are they afraid it wouldn't?"
All they are afraid of is that hunters will once again have a say in matters, and their trillium and other garbage wont be growing on every hill at quadruple the rate of every other "normal" state.