Our federal and state waterfowl refuges are prime examples of what is possible under conservative stewadship.
Literally Millions of acres of prime wetland habitat is in the stewadship of duck clubs. I have seen the feds and the duck clubs work together in California. The Sutter Butte area of the Central Valley is some of the finest duck hunting on the planet.
The "Sink" [Butte Sink] thrives under a consortium of cooperation between the Feds, the DFG, Clubs, Scientists, Farmers, and locals...
Not to mention the marquis joint use refuges: Sacramento, Delevan, Colusa, Grey Lodge, Sutter...
The Feds have done good for the Pacific Flyway IMHO
Did you post this vacuous reply from UC Davis, next to the Vic Fazio wildlife preserve that used to be known as the Yolo Causeway? You have absolutely GOT to be KIDDING!!!
If you're not, are you gonna be happy that the rice farmers selling their standing, mosquito breeding, West Nile Virus spreading water to Southern CA and drying up your "flyways?"
Also, when will you be satisfied that we have restored enough "wetlands"/"swamps," or cleaned enough air and water that we can stop blowing off billions into this endless fiscal black hole?
Enough of this crapola, already!!!