The FRONT LINE
Heroes
A 30-year veteran of the Arizona Game and Fish Department , Munig sounded the alarm that anti-hunters were flooding the department with comments concerning predator management and that pro-hunting comments were almost zero . Multiple animal-rights organizations coordinated their efforts to inundate the department with calls to end mountain lion , bobcat and bear hunting during the five-year regulation adoption process . The tactic has marked a distinct new approach to ending hunting nationwide . In response , the Sportsmen ’ s Alliance and our partners issued calls to action for members through email and social media . The Alliance submitted comments on the need for the department to depend on sound , scientific wildlife management of predators and to reject anti-hunting comments .
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Villains
WHO WE LIKE AND WHO WE FIGHT IN THE BATTLE FOR CONSERVATION
HERO : AMBER MUNIG
Big Game Program Management Supervisor , Arizona Game and Fish Department
VILLAIN : LORNA SMITH
Member , Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission
The former executive director of Western Wildlife Outreach , an organization dedicated to the protection of grizzly bears , black bears , cougars and gray wolves , Smith was appointed to the commission in January 2021 . In a year of serving , Smith , true to her roots , has advocated for predators by muddling any science brought forward by biologists for predator management , citing unlikely scenarios and the need for an overabundance of caution . When a study showed dismal elk-calf survival rates and the herd dropping below established goals due to mountain lion depredation , Smith ’ s answer was to eliminate elk tags for hunters and simply lower the goal size of the herd .
COURTESY OF AMBER MUNIG ( TOP ); WFWC MEETING SCREENSHOT BY BRIAN LYNN
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