Show Utah Division of Wildlife J Resources goals ny By Clair L Regional Ion a I Supervisor It tl Is paramount as a public service agency responsible for tor forthe forthe the maintenance of our wildlife heritage that we never forget torget that wildlife belongs to all the people not just to hunters Utilizing this as a perspective goals for tor the perpetual management of ot our states state's wildlife resources have been formulated GOAL Protect all species of ot wildlife from waste exploitation ex exploitation ex ex- deterioration and extinction in consideration of their intrinsic ecologic or and sociologic values Statutory modifications of ot the Wildlife Resources Code of or Utah enacted by the Utah State Legislature and effective in n May 1 1971 71 considerably broadened the scope of ot the divisions division's authority All wildlife defined as any form torm of animal life lite generally living in a state stale of ot nature in Utah is now under jurisdiction of ot the division The code declares certain species and classes of ot wildlife to be protected which places them under the regulatory authority of ot the division and the appropriate board either the Wildlife Board or the Board of ot Big Game Control Additional species can be added classification by the legislature as as need arises The division bel believes eves all species of ot wildlife have inherent values apart from any commercial commercial commercial com com- mercial aesthetic recreational ecologic sociologic or other value Some relationships between species and between species and their environment may not now be apparent or fully tully understood but each species is of value in its natural community The division should conduct its programs of wildlife management in principal consideration of ot these inherent and ecologic values Since people attribute certain economic aesthetic and recreational values to individual individual in in- species of wildlife programs of management for these species should also be designed to allow people to enjoy these values but without wasting exploiting or devastating the wildlife in in- Popular attitudes toward any given species of ot wildlife are subject to change which changes are often otten un un- predictable The division will be mindful of the possibilities for such change in developing programs of management Activities of or the division are not the only ones which affect wildlife Other programs of ot natural resources use and management industrial development expansion or modification of ot transportation systems and other cultural expansions invariably influence wildlife populations or the future potential for tor their management The division will expand its monitoring of ot such activities and will attempt to toll ll influence luence them to the maximum advantage of ot the wildlife resource GOAL Maintain the states state's jurisdiction over wildlife in Utah but support wildlife programs either within or outside the state regardless of ot sponsorship which are in harmony with division goals By tradition and statute All wildlife not held by private ownership legally acquired Is the property of ot the he state To Tobe Tobe Tobe be sure successful management of ot these resources will involve other persons and agencies but th that t involvement shall not deprive th the state through the division of its proprietorship over wildlife while resident in Utah It is the objective of ot the division to be an aggressive leader in wildlife management thereby minimizing the necessity of others becoming involved in what might be or b become come jurisdictional questions The division should not place itself in a position of ot simply supporting or rejecting wildlife programs proposed by others but should by its leadership provide the incentive and direction for such programs For example the division should develop priorities for habitat programs on federal lands and urge compliance with wilh those priorities rather than allow those priorities to to be established outside the division Though management of wildlife in other countries except migratory birds which frequent Utah is not a a legal concern of ot the division moral support of sound management programs for tor such species willbe will willbe be appropriately provided by bythe bythe bythe the division to responsible agencies Primary federal regulatory responsibility for tor migratory birds by virtue of international treaty provisions is recognized Thi responsibility responsibility ity is is not ho howe y yg ter ej r f f- f elusive The division has a a management responsibility for migratory birds while they are in Utah and will in the interest interest interest in in- terest of oC these species exercise that responsibility GOAL Maintain numbers of and accessibility to the several species of game animals sufficient sufficient sufficient suf suf- to to perpetuate the traditional sports of ot hunting fishing and trapping as principal principal principal prin prin- cipal uses of wildlife while simultaneously providing for other recreational educational scientific aesthetic therapeutic and lees economic economic USes uses of r all wildlife Most wildlife has the capability of ot satisfying a a diversity of ot human uses consumptive or exclusive uses as well as The division recognizes the legitimacy of ot these various uses by people within the capacity of ot the resource but contends its primary purpose continues to tobe tobe tobe be the husbandry of or wildlife populations of or the state to satisfy the basic uses of ot hunting hunting hunting hun hun- ting fishing and trapping The division is cognizant of ot threats against hunting of ot wildlife and interprets this attitude as a prelude to protests against consumptive uses generally It will face tace this challenge so hunting fishing and trapping can be preserved and will demonstrate the validity of ot such uses by whatever means are available Maintenance of or numbers will not in itself preserve the opportunity opportunity opportunity op op- to utilize wildlife Public access to the lands and waters which support wildlife populations is equally essential The division will strive for greater access opportunity and will be particularly active in efforts to extend public access on private properties It is acutely aware that much of ot the difficulty developing in public access upon private property results from public disrespect for tor private ownership and special effort will be directed to cleaning up the activities and thus the image of hunt hunters rs fishermen and other users of wildlife Continued emphasis will be the traditional uses of wildlife noted above however such emphasis shall not be at atthe the exclusion of ot other demands on or values of ot wildlife nor will the needs of ot s called so-called wildlife e be ign ignored red Programs of research and management for wildlife will be commensurate with needs of the species and considerate of the demands placed upon it but within the general financial capability of the division GOAL To enhance Utah's II I r e thc ugh gh i s of I ii t techniques 5 3 r I Utah enjoys a rich wildlife heritage To simply preserve that heritage is a challenge challenge in in some instances a near impossibility impossibility impossibility im im- im- im possibility but the division proposes proposes' the additional charge unto itself to go beyond what may be available today It has enjoyed great success in expanding expanding expanding ex ex- ex- ex public fishing and hunting opportunity by developing waterfowl habitat introducing new wildlife species reintroducing once- once existing species transplanting or redistributing wildlife from |