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Upper
            Shields Watershed Association Mission


            
The Upper Shields
            River Watershed Association is a collection of land owners and
            citizens of the community that share the vision that ranching,
            as a way of life, can and must be preserved. This group has been
            drawn together for the purpose of protecting and improving the
            land, water, and the resources of the land since these represent
            the very foundation of ranching.

            
The mission of
            the Upper Shields River Watershed Association is based on the
            following four interwoven commitments:

            
· Lifestyle


            To provide support
            for and to preserve the independent way of life known as “ranching”
            and to help educate the general public about the necessity of
            ranching as it relates to the economic health of the community
            and the state.

            
· Resources


            To become educated
            about and to put into effect the most practical means of preserving
            water quality, stream banks and fish habitat, to promote sound
            and efficient use of the water both in streams and from underground
            sources, to manage timber resources for both production and esthetics
            value and to maintain the range resource for both present and
            future generations.

            
· Weeds


            To seek and use
            all methods available to control the spread of noxious weeds
            in a manner that is consistent with improving the land and the
            range.

            
· Wildlife


            To promote sound
            game management that will insure the existence of reasonable
            numbers of game birds, game animals and native species that are
            in balance with the habitat and the ranches that support theses
            animals.