Comments on: Robbing Peter To Pay Paul When It Comes To Waterfowl http://www.skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2008/02/13/robbing-peter-to-pay-paul-when-it-comes-to-waterfowl/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=robbing-peter-to-pay-paul-when-it-comes-to-waterfowl Hunting, Outdoor Photography, Wildlife, Fishing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Phillip http://www.skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2008/02/13/robbing-peter-to-pay-paul-when-it-comes-to-waterfowl/#comment-1076 Phillip Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:41:57 +0000 http://www.skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2008/02/13/robbing-peter-to-pay-paul-when-it-comes-to-waterfowl/#comment-1076 This is a tricky one, Moose. The loss of CRP lands is gonna hurt, but at the same time there has to be the realization that we can't keep depending on a non-renewable resouce (oil). It's pretty generally recognized by the experts on both sides of the coin that drilling the Arctic will only benefit for the short run...it's not the end-all be-all.... more like wiping out your retirement fund to pay off your credit cards. If the additional $10 for a duck stamp is gonna help offset some of the losses we're experiencing, then I have to support it...even as I realize that you're right, it's likely gonna take a lot more than an extra few million dollars to keep some of those lands from converting back to crops. It is a big jump, though... but we're seeing that all over the place lately. Heck, look what it takes to send a stupid letter these days. In reply to Mike Weekes's question, money raised from the sale of the Federal Waterfowl Stamps MUST be earmarked for waterfowl management (Migratory Bird Conservation Fund), and is supposed to be untouchable by other programs. Technically and legally, the money should never go to the "General Fund". This is a tricky one, Moose.

The loss of CRP lands is gonna hurt, but at the same time there has to be the realization that we can’t keep depending on a non-renewable resouce (oil). It’s pretty generally recognized by the experts on both sides of the coin that drilling the Arctic will only benefit for the short run…it’s not the end-all be-all…. more like wiping out your retirement fund to pay off your credit cards.

If the additional $10 for a duck stamp is gonna help offset some of the losses we’re experiencing, then I have to support it…even as I realize that you’re right, it’s likely gonna take a lot more than an extra few million dollars to keep some of those lands from converting back to crops. It is a big jump, though… but we’re seeing that all over the place lately. Heck, look what it takes to send a stupid letter these days.

In reply to Mike Weekes’s question, money raised from the sale of the Federal Waterfowl Stamps MUST be earmarked for waterfowl management (Migratory Bird Conservation Fund), and is supposed to be untouchable by other programs. Technically and legally, the money should never go to the “General Fund”.

]]> By: Mike Weekes http://www.skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2008/02/13/robbing-peter-to-pay-paul-when-it-comes-to-waterfowl/#comment-1075 Mike Weekes Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:42:31 +0000 http://www.skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2008/02/13/robbing-peter-to-pay-paul-when-it-comes-to-waterfowl/#comment-1075 Moose, has anyone calculated just how much incremental revenue the $10 increase will generate? Is the money earmarked for any particular projects or will it just go into the general fund? Like you, I'm not generally opposed to the increase, but I would like to know what it's goal is. Moose, has anyone calculated just how much incremental revenue the $10 increase will generate? Is the money earmarked for any particular projects or will it just go into the general fund? Like you, I’m not generally opposed to the increase, but I would like to know what it’s goal is.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2008/02/13/robbing-peter-to-pay-paul-when-it-comes-to-waterfowl/#comment-1074 Kevin Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:45:49 +0000 http://www.skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2008/02/13/robbing-peter-to-pay-paul-when-it-comes-to-waterfowl/#comment-1074 I agree with you Moose. We are now engaged in an epic battle to fight for the things we believe in and for the wildlife and habitat that we all love so dearly. When I started this entire project of writing and creating, I believed that I could just stand around and talk about habitat and conservation and stay out of the political fray. I was deeply wrong. I now know that we are all going to have to stand up and fight very hard for the passions, the traditions, the land and the animals that we all so deeply love and care about. Our fights are no longer just about our small little worlds and our favorite 100 acre woods either they are about the entire world and how our conservation model and our traditions effect that world. WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO! I agree with you Moose. We are now engaged in an epic battle to fight for the things we believe in and for the wildlife and habitat that we all love so dearly. When I started this entire project of writing and creating, I believed that I could just stand around and talk about habitat and conservation and stay out of the political fray. I was deeply wrong. I now know that we are all going to have to stand up and fight very hard for the passions, the traditions, the land and the animals that we all so deeply love and care about. Our fights are no longer just about our small little worlds and our favorite 100 acre woods either they are about the entire world and how our conservation model and our traditions effect that world. WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO!

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