Adding just two points to this discussion.

A recent paper is getting some press and some heated debate in wildlife advocacy circles. It tallies overall funding on a national level, from consumptive and non-consumptive users (http://wyofile.com/angus_thuermer/study-non-hunters-contribute-most-to-wildlife/).

There are, indeed, projects afoot to bring even more non-consumptive dollars into the future of conservation funding, a wider effort I?m happy to be a part of. We?re also seeing more and more discussions cropping up about the changing paradigm of conservation and conservation funding ? and the need to acknowledge non-consumptive users as critical stakeholders in the process.

Ingrid Taylar
Seattle, WA