Like it or not we have to have the government on side on this issue. I know here on ranchers we deal with many different jurisdictions regards to hunting regulation ect. but in the big picture hunting is only a piece of the pie of EGS.

 In Sask. the government collects a fee from every hunter for a Habitat Certificate. Does that go to the land managers that provide the habitat? NO it goes into a Wildlife Development Fund that is used to buy land competing with local land owners and idle it for wildlife. The stuff I've seen most deer prefer the alfalfa field next to it.

 What I envision would be a "Foundation" that ranchers could enroll their acres into and all the certification would be is a range health assessment every few years showing range in a healthy state to qualify.

 The monies should come from corporate and private  donations as well as some from various levels of government for what they deem as important.

 Since many governments as looking for "Results Based" initiatives, moneys that has been targeted at programs that pay for change such as ALUS (Alternative Land Use Services) this would reward the producers that are already producing EGS .