ISSUE #21 



Urban Wildlife - 3 comment 



Summary 



Comments indicated it was unlikely that other entities would be willing or able to deal with nuisance 

 urban wildlife, and a tax to fund such actions was in order. 



Sample of Comments 



• The FWP response to the urban wildlife issue appears tho address only the presence of large 

 predators. This is just the tip of an iceberg involving habituation of ungulates, where the FWP 

 action seems far too dependent on hoping other entities will address the conflicts. It would be 

 nice if someone else could take this responsibility, but it is unlikely that anyone will. 



• I support Alt. #6. In addition to stated goals MDFWP should aggressively seek legislative 

 funding through urban wildlife control districts which would assess a tax on rural subdivisions 

 to fund FWP services. 



Response: Under the Preferred Alternative FWP would continue to deal with those 

 situations that pose a threat to public safety but would not relinquish its authority to 

 deal with nuisance ungulates. We would rely more heavily on the private sector to 

 deal with problems involving other species, and possibly seek new funding sources to 

 deal with these situations. 



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