Rick, as you repeatably accuse people who don't agree with you, "you just dont' get it" or they "can't wrap their heads around it", on the contrary,  your closed minded view of wildlife management is outstanding. And your view on this issue is even more troubling for a guy who worked his entire career as a state wildlife biologist tasked with upholding State of AK mandates.  The new regs by USFWS has falsely used predator control as vehicle to usurp the state's management authority.  Does it not bother you that these new regs give unprecedented authority to federal managers without a public process?  Does it not bother you that habitat enhancement is no longer a management tool because of the implementation of the natural diversity-biological integrity policy?  Does it not bother you that these federal agencies are turning policy into regulation, shredding federal law and bypassing congress? Oh Private Sinnott you are the quintessential fed living on a state retirement!