Sharing the results of their Resident Elk Hunter Survey, FWP’s press release and summary tout that 73% of respondents "are satisfied with elk management." Given the contention around elk management, this surprised us. So, we looked closer. FWP employs the commonly accepted 5-point numerical Likert scale to gauge hunter satisfaction, which provides the following five choices: 1 and 2 to measure dissatisfaction, a neutral option (3, signaling neither satisfied nor dissatisfied), and 4 and 5 to ...

Friday August 25, 2023 Raton, NM All Commissioners were present: Attending in-person: Commissioners Tirzio Lopez (Vice Chair), Sharon Salazar-Hickey, Fernando Clemente, Ed Garcia Attending Virtually: Commissioner Greg Fulfer (The remaining two seats on the seven member commission have not yet been filled) The meeting began shortly after 9 a.m. with a Commission roll call. Unlike usual, all staff and public attending were not asked to introduce themselves, perhaps to save time since ...

A sportsmen’s group is questioning Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ interpretation of its recent elk hunting poll, particularly claims that most resident hunters are satisfied with current elk management. Last week, Montana Backcountry Hunters and Anglers posted its analysis of FWP’s elk management survey and found flaws in a number of FWP’s conclusions, including that “73% of the respondents from this survey are satisfied with elk management in Montana.” “Politics are politics. When the Legislature ...

Missouri — August 2023 The Missouri Chapter of BHA knocked out a host of public land improvement projects in just one day this month in partnership with Mark Kenyon of MeatEater and Wired to Hunt as part of the Working for Wildlife Tour, an effort to bring attention to the hundreds of volunteer-driven events put on across the country every year by conservation organizations to improve wildlife habitat, restore ecosystems, and clean up public lands and waters. "Too many of these events slip ...