Integrating Habitat Management with Species Management--This alternative's proposal to increase 

 emphasis on habitat protection at an ecosystem level could initially increase complexity of 

 regulations. Enforcement workloads might increase slightly to protect newly acquired habitats. 



Compensating Local Governments for Lost Tax Revenue— No effect. 



Setting Future Research Agenda—No effect. 



Issue: Commercial Uses /Effect on Licensing, Regulations, and Enforcement 



FWP would pursue major revisions in statutes and rules that regulate game farms, shooting preserves, 

 and other commercial uses of game and nongame species and the funding for enforcement of those 

 regulations. The need to license, inspect, and enforce regulations dealing with commercial operations 

 would continue under these revisions. Enforcement workloads would not change under this 

 alternative because FWP would not expect numbers of operations to expand at a rate greater than that 

 under alternative 1. 



Issue: Landowner Relations /Effect on Licensing, Regulations, and Enforcement 



Predator Control-No effect. 



Game Damage—FWP's response to game damage under this alternative would continue to influence 

 regulations and law enforcement because hunter harvests would remain the primary tools to minimize 

 the damage. Response to game damage requires special types of licenses, such as antlerless deer 

 licenses, but fewer complex regulations than would be the case if damage were addressed outside the 

 general big game himting season. Enforcement workloads would not change from alternative 1 . 



Weed Co«/ro/~ Additional regulations might be needed to prevent the spread of noxious weeds (such 

 as for a weed seed free hay program). This would increase enforcement workloads. 



Urban Wildlife— Continued real estate development might require increased numbers of regulations to 

 protect public safety. This alternative's provisions for minimizing human-wildlife conflicts on the 

 urban interface, however, would have only a small effect on licensing and regulations because 

 himting would not be a major factor in resolving urban wildlife issues. Enforcement workloads 

 probably would remain unchanged from alternative 1 . . 



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