. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1999 Burnett: Chapter 6: Habitat Programs 99 populations were being subjected daily, for better or worse, to the results of land use ;^"* At first glance, the urgent need to protect habitat quality appeared to run directly counter to Treasury Board attempts to limit public expenditures on land. The formerly generous funding for outright acquisi- tion of habitat was rapidly drying up. An annual bud- get of $ million in the early 1970s had dwindled to about $400 000 a year by 1980-1981. Patterson and Finney turned the argument around. They
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1999 Burnett: Chapter 6: Habitat Programs 99 populations were being subjected daily, for better or worse, to the results of land use ;^"* At first glance, the urgent need to protect habitat quality appeared to run directly counter to Treasury Board attempts to limit public expenditures on land. The formerly generous funding for outright acquisi- tion of habitat was rapidly drying up. An annual bud- get of $ million in the early 1970s had dwindled to about $400 000 a year by 1980-1981. Patterson and Finney turned the argument around. They pro- posed that the goal of a waterfowl management plan should not be to own limited amounts of habitat, but rather to promote responsible stewardship among private landowners and thus limit the wide-scale destruction of habitat everywhere. The new perspective won the ears of many who heard it in both Canada and the United States. Nevertheless, the need for money was inescapable, whether for land purchase or to promote stewardship. For many years, money for conservation had been raised in the United States through the sale of an annual duck stamp. Could the same idea be imported to Canada? With the backing of the Wildlife Habitat Coalition — a broad-based alliance of some 30 wildlife and environmental agencies and organizations — a proposal went forward to Cabinet to institute a conservation stamp that would be sold to hunters along with the armual federal permit to hunt migratory birds. The submission outlined three options. Revenues from the stamp could go: (a) directly to CWS; (b) to a newly established Crown foundation; or (c) to an arm's-length foundation. The Cabinet granted approval in principle to the third option, the creation of the Wildlife Habitat Canada Foundation. One major obstacle stood in the way. The Financial Administration Act of Canada states that all public money shall be paid into the consolidated revenue fund, and Treasury Board has developed detaile
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