Fiscal realities of the 1990’s are forcing public agencies to reexamine the dynamics of recruiting, retaining and training consumptive fish and wildlife users, who still contribute the overwhelming majority of funds to accomplish resource management to benefit populations, habitats and people. Fish and wildlife agencies and recreation industries are concerned about potential declines in participation and reduced license revenues available for management (Duda and McElveen 1991). Perhaps even more importantly, as proportionately fewer people are introduced to consumptive activities and the stewardship ethics developed in conjunction with these activities, constituency support for fish and wildlife management may erode. The loss of utilitarian users of the resource could cause agencies to lose historically supportive constituencies with strong conservation and environmental attitudes at the same time new constituencies with differing perspectives are emerging.