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Letter from the
Editor
Q1: Have you ever visited the extremely valuable tool for conser-
parks and lands outside the city vation? A3: Hunting funds the pro-
limits? A1: Did you know that gram, period. Yes there is other
all these lands were paid for by funding as mentioned before, but
hunting and fishing taxes, and nothing even close to hunting. An-
sportsman and conservation other realization is that an animal
groups and unless you bought without worth is worthless. If you
How to Speak Conservation something in those arena’s, you were a farmer and the local animals
never paid a dine for those lands to did not bring income into your
2016 is in the books and there were exist. Pittman-Robertson Act of lands, would you let them live when
a zillion things that happened in the 1937 established a tax on all fire- they destroyed your crops, killed
year I could cover, however, I am arms and ammunition which has your family, or even just competed
going to skip all the elections ones been expanded to other outdoor with your cattle? Its EASY to cry
and discuss one that is just as critical activities. It is the only tax income foul from the city limits when an
to us. What is conservation? applied to the outdoors and conser- animal gets shot, however, in the
vation. great circle of life, it is required.
To win the war out there against Q2: Do you know what wildlife We, the members of SCI, are
hunting, we must educate people on
what conservation really is, as they conservation is? A2: Wildlife the last best chance that
truly have no idea. They just can’t Conservation is the practice of wildlife has to survive in a
get past the idea that shooting an protecting wild plant and animal healthy habitat, and we
animal could actually be saving species and their habitats. The have to preserve our right
them. If that is the only variable goal of wildlife conservation is
used, I can see how that is a tough to ensure that nature will be to hunt.
pill to swallow, so, lets get some around for future generations to
information in our hands, to help enjoy and also to recognize the im- In 1907 there were only 41,000 Elk
them gain an understanding. portance remaining in North America – now
of wildlife and wilderness for hu- there are more than 1 million
Read through the essays on pages mans and other species alike. In
farther in and take some of their short, it is like a farmer, yes, you In 1900, only 500,000 whitetails
thoughts as your own for the discus- harvest some of the crop, but if you remained, today there are more
sion. Another thing to do is ask don’t put the time, energy, money than 32 million
them a couple questions and answer and management into the land, your ALL thanks to conservation.
them with the facts (not sarcastically land will be barren if left alone. NETWORK LARRY
please).
Q3: Why do you think hunting is an 3
Editor
Q1: Have you ever visited the extremely valuable tool for conser-
parks and lands outside the city vation? A3: Hunting funds the pro-
limits? A1: Did you know that gram, period. Yes there is other
all these lands were paid for by funding as mentioned before, but
hunting and fishing taxes, and nothing even close to hunting. An-
sportsman and conservation other realization is that an animal
groups and unless you bought without worth is worthless. If you
How to Speak Conservation something in those arena’s, you were a farmer and the local animals
never paid a dine for those lands to did not bring income into your
2016 is in the books and there were exist. Pittman-Robertson Act of lands, would you let them live when
a zillion things that happened in the 1937 established a tax on all fire- they destroyed your crops, killed
year I could cover, however, I am arms and ammunition which has your family, or even just competed
going to skip all the elections ones been expanded to other outdoor with your cattle? Its EASY to cry
and discuss one that is just as critical activities. It is the only tax income foul from the city limits when an
to us. What is conservation? applied to the outdoors and conser- animal gets shot, however, in the
vation. great circle of life, it is required.
To win the war out there against Q2: Do you know what wildlife We, the members of SCI, are
hunting, we must educate people on
what conservation really is, as they conservation is? A2: Wildlife the last best chance that
truly have no idea. They just can’t Conservation is the practice of wildlife has to survive in a
get past the idea that shooting an protecting wild plant and animal healthy habitat, and we
animal could actually be saving species and their habitats. The have to preserve our right
them. If that is the only variable goal of wildlife conservation is
used, I can see how that is a tough to ensure that nature will be to hunt.
pill to swallow, so, lets get some around for future generations to
information in our hands, to help enjoy and also to recognize the im- In 1907 there were only 41,000 Elk
them gain an understanding. portance remaining in North America – now
of wildlife and wilderness for hu- there are more than 1 million
Read through the essays on pages mans and other species alike. In
farther in and take some of their short, it is like a farmer, yes, you In 1900, only 500,000 whitetails
thoughts as your own for the discus- harvest some of the crop, but if you remained, today there are more
sion. Another thing to do is ask don’t put the time, energy, money than 32 million
them a couple questions and answer and management into the land, your ALL thanks to conservation.
them with the facts (not sarcastically land will be barren if left alone. NETWORK LARRY
please).
Q3: Why do you think hunting is an 3
