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RECREATION 



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To enhance the outdoor recreational experience. 

 Objectives 



• To provide appropriate access for hiker, canoeists, photographers, birdwatchers, mountain 

 biicers and other outdoor enthusiasts through trails, viewing blinds and observation towers 



• To provide recreation information to the outdoor enthusiast from guide boolts to "How 

 To" clinics 



• To provide a nationwide network of wildlife viewing areas 



Special Note: Wildlife viewing is the fastest growing outdoor recreation leisure activity 



• To publish and distribute backyaid habitat guides for wildlife enthusiasts wishing to 

 enhance wildlife outside their homes 



Not only could a resident hunt and fish, but they could birdwatch, do nature study, learn how to 

 do backyard wildlife gardens and learn why butterflies are an important indicator species for the 

 quality of our environment 



/ would also like to make the point to you that this initiative would relieve financial stress on 

 state conservation organizations that are increasingly being asked by the general public to fund 

 programs like Watchahle Wildlife, but due to dwindling state dollars are forced with allocating 

 hunting and fishing license fees to general conservation initiatives. This trend must not continue 

 as these funds should always be designated to improve hunting and fishing The "Teaming with 

 Wildlife" Initiative would provide the fijnds needed to initiate key conservation programs that the 

 general public is asking for 



At Bass Pro Shops we feel the "Teaming with Wildlife" Initiative would parallel the great success 

 of the Sports Fish Restoration Act (Dingell-Johnson Act) in 1951 and the Wildlife Restoration 

 Act (Pittman-Robertson) passed in 1937 



For over 50 years, hunters and anglers have paid user fees on hunting and fishing 

 equipment to the Sportfish and Wildlife Restoration Funds These fijnds have restored 

 populations of once critically low species such as the wild turkey, wood duck, pronghom 

 antelope, and striped bass, conserved millions of acres of habitat across our nation, and 

 provided countless hours of enjoyment on our nation's lands and waterways for hunters, 

 anglers, and many other outdoor enthusiasts. 



Martin G. Mac Donald 

 Bass Pro Shops 

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