I agree, Steve, that the choices in the survey are all "stacked" toward hunting/fishing. I took the survey, ranked the options, then used the comments box to say that wildlife viewing, appreciation, and conservation should have equal time. Lyn Boone Granville, Ohio <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Steve Cagan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Wow—I took the survey, but the questions are certainly stacked in one > direction—and not the best one… > > > > On Aug 1, 2017, at 10:20 AM, August Froehlich <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > I haven't seen any discussion on this list about the recent changes that > have occurred at our DOW. Over the past two months there has been an abrupt > change in the Director and top leadership, in a climate of high drama (see > links below for background.) > > > > > > > > As an outcome of this jarring change, the new Director has provided a > survey and comment form on the DOW website: > > > > "Our focus is going to be on providing access, additional opportunities, > and great customer service. We want to do that by hearing directly from the > people impacted. With your help, we can guide the division in a new > direction, and Ohio’s sportsmen and women will be better for it." > > > > http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/stay-informed/wildlife-access- > and-opportunities-survey > > > > > > > > Please take a moment to do this simple survey, ranking in order of > priority a list of items you think should be the focus of the DOW. There is > also a generous text box for your input. There is curiously no end date > given. > > > > > > > > I'm going to leave the controversy out of this post, but suffice to say, > there's more uproar over this than just about any development in state > government that I can remember. But as birders we have a stake in the > outcome of the developments at the DOW, and it would be good for us as > Ohioans and as birders for us to provide our considered opinion. > > > > > > > > August Froehlich > > > > > > > > (Following is a list of links that provide a mix of opinion and news > reporting to help provide context for this issue) > > > > > > > > Resignation letter of Mike Budzik to Ohio Gov. John Kasich > > > > http://www.bcsn.tv/news_article/show/807222 > > > > > > > > http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170713/sparks-fly-at- > wildlife-council-meeting-over-leadership-purge > > > > http://thecourier.com/opinion/columns/2017/07/15/ohios- > choices-harmful-to-wildlife-management/ > > > > http://www.dispatch.com/sports/20170730/outdoors-- > after-turmoil-ohios-new-wildlife-chief-addresses-criticisms > > > > https://limaohio.com/sports/253401/let-voice-be-heard-on-changes-at-dow > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > > Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/ > membership.php. > > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------- > > Steve Cagan, photographer > > > > [log in to unmask] <applewebdata://BF8CFA02-1E00- > [log in to unmask]> > > www.stevecagan.com <http://www.stevecagan.com/> > > www.elchocomining.net <http://www.elchocomining.net/> > http://elchocomining.tumblr.com > > www.pbase.com/stevecagan <http://www.pbase.com/stevecagan> > > www.stevecagan.blogspot.com <http://www.stevecagan.blogspot.com/> > > http://socialdocumentary.net/photographer/stevecagan < > http://socialdocumentary.net/photographer/stevecagan> > > 216-932-2753 (USA) > > 322-344-7909 (Colombia) > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/ > membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. 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