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Volunteerism: The quiet passion of hunters

By James A. Swan, Ph.D.
Author"In Defense of Hunting"

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

“ Each fall 30,000 wood duck ducklings leave nesting boxes in California, thanks to the Wood Duck Conservation Program. That's 30,000 wood ducks that otherwise wouldn't be alive in California. ” License fees and Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson funds generated by excise taxes on sales of sporting goods foot about 75 percent of the bill for state fish and game agencies. Together with federal agencies like the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Forest Service and the BLM, th ...

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