What is abundantly clear to me is the commercialization of our public lands. In the early 90’s in Texas the parks officials were told to approach their management of the parks as entrepreneurs. They were told to find ways to make money, and this is what they have done leaving range and wildlife management as second in line to monied interests. This is why they ignore science and refuse to do the obviously needed studies. Science will interfere with profits. It gets even better. The superintendents were given the added incentive of getting a percentage of the profits, so Katy bar the door, the race was on and the wildlife became the enemy if they did not fit into a business plan. With hunting becoming an ever increasing rich man’s sport, bighorn became the proverbial golden goose of wildlife. In the officials way of thinking, any other animal that ate one single blade of grass that could have gone to a bighorn, must be shot. The sickness is pervasive.