https://parmaobserver.com/read/2015/11/04/sweeping-reform-of-ohio-division-of-wildlife

by Lucy McKernan

A taste of what’s to come in your community.

This paper seeks to explicate sound reasons for comprehensive reform of the Ohio Division of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife (ODOW) based on the principles set forth in “A Conservation Institution for the 21st Century: Implications for State Wildlife Agencies,” co-authored by Cynthia A. Jacobson, as well as independent, scientific research and observation by Lucy McKernan concerning Ohio white-tailed deer.

In the Abstract of their Commentary, Jacobson, et al. wrote, “The wildlife conservation institution (Institution) needs to reform to maintain legitimacy and relevancy in the 21st century.”

Jacobson, et al. nailed it when they wrote the “Institution” (our current model) is tied to old school conservation assumptions such as hunting as population control. They specifically pointed out that “ . . . the Institution largely remains anchored to a paradigm (i.e., philosophy, assumptions, and related practices) that…