Rossi no longer managed Alaskan wildlife for its citizens, it managed it for maximum profits to its hunting guides, although in reality, if the natural keystone species of predators are removed from the wild entirely there would be no need for guides so much as a direction arrow from the licensing bureau stating "Caribou slaughter this way."
Rossi was no unqualified to serve at the Alaska Division of Wildlife Conservation that he would have allowed grazers, such as Caribou to grow out of control wiping out their own grazing lands and imperiling the species.
These are the people of the GOP. They aren't qualified in any way for the jobs they obtain through stupid ideas that common sense goals are the best venue for government.
...But it wasn't just Rossi's advocacy for predator control, as opponents of intensive management prefer to call the activity, that made him controversial. Nor was it involvement with Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, a collection of high-rollers who spun away from established hunting and conservation groups with reservations about intensive management.
No, what really set Rossi apart was how he landed the high-profile job as director of the Division of Wildlife Conservation in the once prestigious Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Rossi got that job not because of what he knew, but who he knew: Chuck and Sally Heath, the parents of Sarah Palin. Once Alaska's most-popular governor, Palin became one of the nation's most controversial candidates for vice president. That, however, didn't happen until after she was elected governor with a vow to clean up government at a time when the state was in midst of scandal. Bill Allen, the head of the oilfield service company VECO, had been caught trying to manipulate state legislators in all sorts of ways to encourage them to hold down oil taxes. Palin promised to put an end to such shenanigans and come down hard on the oil companies, which she did....
Sad, but, true. They haven't got a clue. Ya think it shows?
Sad, but, true. They haven't got a clue. Ya think it shows?
How Alaska wildlife manager Corey Rossi was charged with illegal hunting (click here)
Someone in a trio of Outside men that former Alaska Division of Wildlife Conservation director Corey Rossi took on a bear hunt on the north side of Cook Inlet in 2008 is now in trouble with the law.
Who it is, what they did, and where they did it has not been reported. But what is known from an Alaska State Troopers statement is this: "Charges (against Rossi) were filed . . . following an investigation by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Wildlife Investigations Unit after learning of the offenses through an unrelated out-of-state operation conducted by another agency."...
Alaska wildlife woes raise red flags "outside" (click here)
Feb 01, 2012 05:00 AM
Anyone who cares about wildlife should pay attention to a scandal unfolding in Alaska.
Earlier this month, Alaska Fish & Game Division of Wildlife Conservation director Corey Rossi resigned under allegations that he systematically falsified bear hunting records and violated guiding regulations shortly before being appointed to the agency in 2008. If convicted, Rossi is guilty of defrauding the people he was appointed to represent and undermining the wildlife resource he was sworn to defend.
That may be Alaska’s mess for Alaskans to clean up. But Rossi’s fall exposes a cancer that is spreading through America’s wildlife management: cronyism and big money undermining the foundation of North American wildlife management....
Wildlife Management does mean making it sterile for hunters and tourists, it means maintaining a fine balancing act between wildlife populations. If not done well Wildlife Management can crash ecosystems and there won't be anymore hunting because nutrient and water quality are lost while habitat is destroyed or used for human development beyond what it should.
Wildlife Management does mean making it sterile for hunters and tourists, it means maintaining a fine balancing act between wildlife populations. If not done well Wildlife Management can crash ecosystems and there won't be anymore hunting because nutrient and water quality are lost while habitat is destroyed or used for human development beyond what it should.
