Rick, this is another well researched column.  Thank you.

This sentence is worth repeating:  

"According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the net economic value of wildlife viewing to the state is five times higher than hunting."

The current, unbalanced, BOG has killed the buffer zone around Denali National Park to make a handful of trappers happy. This has contributed to a significant reduction in the wolf population IN Denali National Park.

Tourists come from around the world to see the landscape and wildlife of Denali.  Last Summer- thanks in part to the unbalanced BOG- 98% of the tourists never got to view a wolf in the wild.

These tourists spend extraordinary amounts of money in Alaska and help diversify our economy.  When they go home and report what they did NOT see, it does not help bring more tourists back to Alaska.

Gov. Walker was right to try and restore some semblance of balance on the BOG.  The current BOG is hurting the Alaska economy.