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SFW is going to eat their lunch.....wolf on a biscut
From: "Don Peay" <[email protected]> Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife Subject: Wolf War, Major Counter Offensive The data just came in from yet another herd devastated by wolves. The Moose population north of Jackson Wyoming number 1,200 prior to wolf re-introduction. About five years later, moose number about 800. Two years ago 407, This year, 117, with Few calves. That moose herd is GONE. To rebuild this herd, in our lifetime will require major reductions in wolves, and most likely a transplant of moose into the area. TIME FOR ACTION, NOW Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife (SFW) has successfully obtained a $400,000 opening war chest to launch a major effort to get wolves under control immediately before they cause more extensive damage to the West's and the Upper Mid West's ungulate populations. Over the next couple of weeks, SFW will work with other sportsmen and conservation groups to build a plan, with contingencies, and be ready to ACT, the day the Judges rule on wolf management on both Wyoming and In Montana and Idaho. To help coordinate this effort, Full TIME, Thanks to a large private donation, which will be explained later, SFW has just hired this week, a passionate hunter, who is a very successful businessman, who happens to have a degree in Political Science and a Law Degree from Harvard University. One of America?s best and brightest. Winter counts of elk and moose populations in the west are coming in at disastrous levels.If the Judges rule correctly, and allow for states to manage wolves as everyone agreed upon, efforts will be made to support state game and fish agencies to reduce wolf populations to agreed upon levels ? 150 wolves in each of three western states. And if judges do not allow for states to manage to protect ungulate herds, Congress must immediately step and solve this science project gone bad. Congress wrote the Endangered Species Act, they can change it to solve this problem. Either way the Judges rule, there will be a plan for immediate action. It will be a HUGE undertaking. It will require a $3 to $5 million effort. It will require the best legal, biological, business and political minds to get it done. It will require state governments and state fish and game agencies to demand actions. Utah?s state DWR and DNR Director are 100% in favor of this action and will work with other state agencies to get all on board. The Utah Legislature has spoken, and the VAST majority voted to MOVE FORWARD on this WESTERN STATES REGIONAL ISSUE. This is NOT a Wyoming issue, or an Idaho issue, it is ALL WESTERN STATES. Some work will need to be done to gauge support and desired actions in the upper mid west. It will require a nationwide sportsmen effort, but in the internet age, and with the current caldron of discontent, the opportunity is there to seize the energy and make this happen. It will require a host of ?celebrity? sportsmen to step up and help with the PR campaigns and the relentless stack of lies the media will throw out on this issue, supported by the Hollywood elite. It will require the support from Private landowners and ranchers who support both abundant wildlife and livestock herds on their lands. All sportsmen groups will be asked to participate. A website will be developed where sportsmen nationwide will be able to get information, make contributions and help us win the wolf war. A small, core group of sportsmen will be needed to make decisions and act quickly and adapt tactics quickly. The plan will be based on sound science and facts. The plan will be accomplished by tapping into the passion and commitment of the American Sportsmen, perhaps like never before seen. It can, and must be done. If wolf management is tied up in court for 3-5 more years, game herds will be destroyed to the point they will not recover in our lifetimes. For some herds, it is already too late. State Game and Fish agencies are extremely concerned about the complete destruction of the modern conservation model. Several elk herds are at 80% reduced levels. The Moose populations north of Jackson Wyoming numbered about 1,200 pre wolf, they were down to approximately 400 two years ago, and the most recent count was just over 115 moose. A 90% reduction of moose, and it won't end there. There is now plenty of data to prove to reasonable people that wolf management must happen immediately. So, stay tuned. It is obvious, tens of thousands of sportsmen are seeing game herds disappear right before our eyes, and are looking for some leadership to step up and solve this problem. Within two weeks, the website and the team should be ready to go: Be Ready to act the day the Judges make their rulings known. Your feedback is welcome
"One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
From: "Don Peay" <[email protected]> Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife Subject: Wolf War, Major Counter Offensive The data just came in from yet another herd devastated by wolves. The Moose population north of Jackson Wyoming number 1,200 prior to wolf re-introduction. About five years later, moose number about 800. Two years ago 407, This year, 117, with Few calves. That moose herd is GONE. To rebuild this herd, in our lifetime will require major reductions in wolves, and most likely a transplant of moose into the area. TIME FOR ACTION, NOW Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife (SFW) has successfully obtained a $400,000 opening war chest to launch a major effort to get wolves under control immediately before they cause more extensive damage to the West's and the Upper Mid West's ungulate populations. Over the next couple of weeks, SFW will work with other sportsmen and conservation groups to build a plan, with contingencies, and be ready to ACT, the day the Judges rule on wolf management on both Wyoming and In Montana and Idaho. To help coordinate this effort, Full TIME, Thanks to a large private donation, which will be explained later, SFW has just hired this week, a passionate hunter, who is a very successful businessman, who happens to have a degree in Political Science and a Law Degree from Harvard University. One of America?s best and brightest. Winter counts of elk and moose populations in the west are coming in at disastrous levels.If the Judges rule correctly, and allow for states to manage wolves as everyone agreed upon, efforts will be made to support state game and fish agencies to reduce wolf populations to agreed upon levels ? 150 wolves in each of three western states. And if judges do not allow for states to manage to protect ungulate herds, Congress must immediately step and solve this science project gone bad. Congress wrote the Endangered Species Act, they can change it to solve this problem. Either way the Judges rule, there will be a plan for immediate action. It will be a HUGE undertaking. It will require a $3 to $5 million effort. It will require the best legal, biological, business and political minds to get it done. It will require state governments and state fish and game agencies to demand actions. Utah?s state DWR and DNR Director are 100% in favor of this action and will work with other state agencies to get all on board. The Utah Legislature has spoken, and the VAST majority voted to MOVE FORWARD on this WESTERN STATES REGIONAL ISSUE. This is NOT a Wyoming issue, or an Idaho issue, it is ALL WESTERN STATES. Some work will need to be done to gauge support and desired actions in the upper mid west. It will require a nationwide sportsmen effort, but in the internet age, and with the current caldron of discontent, the opportunity is there to seize the energy and make this happen. It will require a host of ?celebrity? sportsmen to step up and help with the PR campaigns and the relentless stack of lies the media will throw out on this issue, supported by the Hollywood elite. It will require the support from Private landowners and ranchers who support both abundant wildlife and livestock herds on their lands. All sportsmen groups will be asked to participate. A website will be developed where sportsmen nationwide will be able to get information, make contributions and help us win the wolf war. A small, core group of sportsmen will be needed to make decisions and act quickly and adapt tactics quickly. The plan will be based on sound science and facts. The plan will be accomplished by tapping into the passion and commitment of the American Sportsmen, perhaps like never before seen. It can, and must be done. If wolf management is tied up in court for 3-5 more years, game herds will be destroyed to the point they will not recover in our lifetimes. For some herds, it is already too late. State Game and Fish agencies are extremely concerned about the complete destruction of the modern conservation model. Several elk herds are at 80% reduced levels. The Moose populations north of Jackson Wyoming numbered about 1,200 pre wolf, they were down to approximately 400 two years ago, and the most recent count was just over 115 moose. A 90% reduction of moose, and it won't end there. There is now plenty of data to prove to reasonable people that wolf management must happen immediately. So, stay tuned. It is obvious, tens of thousands of sportsmen are seeing game herds disappear right before our eyes, and are looking for some leadership to step up and solve this problem. Within two weeks, the website and the team should be ready to go: Be Ready to act the day the Judges make their rulings known. Your feedback is welcome
"One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
