State Wildlife Agencies Need Reform for Effective Stewardship of Public Trust
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 17:42
in Biology & Nature
Commentary in The Journal of Wildlife Management: Many state wildlife agencies are dependent, financially and politically, on a single user group--hunters. Although this group should continue to be an integral part of wildlife conservation, agencies should adhere to the foundation upon which they were built--stewardship of the public trust. The Public Trust Doctrine postulates that wildlife is owned by no one and held in trust for the benefit of all.