First, understand this thread is not intended to "bash" Delta. I'm a sponsor and will remain that way. It seems "new studies" are coming out on a pretty regular basis these days. I received an e-mail yesterday talking about Delta pulling the plug on predator control - which I'm glad to see.
Here's the e-mail:
"By now you may have heard that Delta is pulling the plug on predator control as a means of increasing waterfowl populations. At the recent North American Duck Symposium, their data indicated that for predator management to contribute 1% of the fall population of mallards, you would need to spend $125 million per year and control predators on an area the size of the entire US portion of the Prairie Pothole Region! For that price DU could permanently conserve over 347,000 acres of grasslands in one year."
A 1% ROI is a tough sell. I'd be pretty upset, as a supporter if they were to continue down the path of predator control after the findings of this study. However, I look at this as a good thing because Delta recognized this is not wise use of moneys raised and will use those dollars else-where.
I'm curious to hear from a few Delta committee members about this... specifically, do y'all have any idea where/how Delta is going to redistribute those dollars?
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