Why would state wildlife agencies want complete control over Canada geese?
Not because it will help solve goose problems, but because they will make money from the killings. The EIS will allow state wildlife bureaucrats to offer their paying customers, hunters, longer hunting seasons on Canada geese, higher bag limits (the number of birds a hunter can kill in one day) and more ways to lure and kill them. The decline of hunting has thrown state wildlife agencies into a state of financial desperation (recent antics). They have long sought complete control of Canada geese for the economic opportunity that killing geese affords them. Few people realize that wildlife management decisions are first and foremost acts of economic self-interest – not rational problem solving. Since hunting license fees pay wildlife managers’ salaries, lethality is always the “management” choice they pursue. Another financial incentive is that wildlife agencies compete for federal funds (under the Pittman-Robertson Act) based, in part, on how many hunting licenses they sell. State wild
