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State service foresters and private forest land: opportunities for wildlife management
| Author: |
Kelley, John W.; Decker, Daniel J.; Seamans, Thomas W.; Roth, Richard R. |
| Date: |
1983 |
| Periodical: |
Wildlife Society Bulletin |
| Abstract: |
Probably no 2 groups of natural resources management professionals have a longer history of antagonism and poor cooperation than wildlife biologists and foresters. Often, their disagreements have been most acute concerning the management of nonindustrial, private forest land. Interdisciplinary bickering and noncooperation between wildlife biologists and foresters originate form a variety of causes. The primary cause is the notion that wildlife and timber management goals are incompatible, but there are a number of other basic reasons for these professions to go their own ways. Rivalry at the agency or organizational level in the ongoing struggle for scarce public funds, recognition of accomplishment, and program identity are often reflected at top administrative and supervisory levels through policy decisions. In practice these policies tend to perpetuate a single resource management thrust and do not reward on-the-ground cooperation between professionals of both disciplines. We believe the continuation of this situation is ineffective and highly inappropriate. |
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