ttha_aggie_09 said:
So what's the best combination of experts to help combat CWD?
It's certainly not just one of the following, right:
Federal Government (USFWS/DOI/etc)
Hunters
Biologists
State legislators/government
I would say there are also subsets of the Hunter group and that the perspectives, expertise, and opinions very greatly between the subsets. I expect there to be differing opinions between some guy that lives in town and stuggles to find opportunities to teach his children about hunting, and some guy with lots of disposable income that has a $5000/year lease, and some guy who has inherited 200 acres of old ranch that isn't fenced that he loves to hunt, and some guy with several hundred high-fence acres that generates a couple hundred $k yearly in hunting and lodge fees. Not to mention powerful attorneys who lobby for some of these folks. They may have common ground but also have varying opinions.
Step one will be the science and research
The hard part will be Step 2, the business and political decisions. We all know hunting in Texas is big business, and some people won't like the technical answers to the problem. I can almost guarantee that.