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Originally Posted by Leafy
I hope we can agree this effort will continue for years and costs will add up very quickly here. Something as simple as only the testing of these heads is already in the hundreds of thousands, this just scratches the surface of costs.
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We do not agree. A simple start, based on a quick look through CWD requirements, there is no requirement for elk head submission and thus no cost. As for the federal component by CF Suffield, this is a training exercise and a quality part of it. This gives them a unique opportunity to work with and manage the "public"; something they would typically not have opportunity for.
As hunters and residents of Alberta, we expect our natural resources to be managed - clearly this will have a cost associated with it. Though I believe you are grossly overestimating the cost of managing the Suffield elk population not to mention the off-set cost an un-managed population would have on the grass/ranching resource in and adjacent to the base.