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In a current story for High Country News, Kylie Mohr presumes a fascinating concern– does voluntary preservation work?
Mohr particularly takes a look at the circumstance presently dealing with the Montana population of grayling. These grayling have the prospective to be noted under the Endangered Types Act, however landowners along the Huge Hole River are confident that their voluntary preservation efforts will assist the types.
Landowners along the Huge Hole have the ability to take part in the “Huge Hole Arctic Grayling Prospect Preservation Arrangement with Assurances, or CCAA,” according to Mohr. What the CCAA does is pledge landowners that if the grayling is ever noted under the ESA, the landowners will not deal with more regulative problems. The concept is that if landowners take actions now to assist save grayling populations, noting under the ESA will not be needed.
It’s a fascinating concept, and a rather paradoxical action for the federal government to take. However it may be a more reliable preservation tool as we take a look at other populations that require our aid.
You can check out the remainder of the story, and discover more about this particular circumstance with Montana grayling, here.
