State and federal wildlife experts agree that an order signed in Salt Lake City in 2018 is making a positive impact five years later.
ultimately sparked about $20 million in habitat conservation and management funds, according to Casey Stemler, a senior advisor for Western states for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the main architect behind the order. It also led to nearly $6.5 million in research funding, which helped launch dozens of new research projects on the subject over the past five years, and another $2.5 million in mapping support.
"Sometimes we look at these executive orders and other policy statements, and we really don't know what the effect is. Here, we've got examples of direct benefits from an order that was, at some point in time, an idea that grew legs and made it through," said Steve Belinda, the foundation's chief conservation officer, during a panel discussion with various state experts at the summit.
Matthew Kauffman, a wildlife researcher for the U.S. Geological Survey, pointed to a recent example in Wyoming that shows how the research and data can be turned into policy. The agency tracked deer migration patterns and found a wildlife corridor near Pinedale on the state's western side; more specifically, they found that thousands of deer had to either struggle to cross Fremont Lake or find a way past a fence to access their normal path.
Matthew Kauffman, a wildlife researcher for the U.S. Geological Survey, presents big game animal mapping data in Utah and other Western states during Mule Deer Foundation's Western Big Game Migration Forum meeting at the Western Hunting and Conservation Expo in Salt Lake City Friday afternoon. The largest challenge for the city is to find ways to afford projects that balance the area's growth while keeping the corridor intact, which is more difficult for a city than it is for a state or federal agency.While Secretarial Order 3362 served as Friday's primary topic, collaboration across governments, agencies and other groups was a reoccurring theme. Even before the summit began, the Mule Deer Foundation announced a new "major" partnership with the U.S.
U.S. Department of the Interior Deputy Secretary Tommy Beaudreau speaks at the Mule Deer Foundation's Western Big Game Migration Forum meeting at the Western Hunting and Conservation Expo in Salt Lake City Friday afternoon.
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