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lands and the water base. 



• Facilitate participation through recreation information, guidebooks and 

 how-to-clinics. 



• Provide a nationwide network offish and wildlife viewing areas. 



• Publish and distribute backyard habitat guides for wildlife enthusiasts 

 wishing to do something wild outside their homes. 



Education— Foster a responsible stewardship ethic through conservation 

 education efforts. 



• Interpret the natural work along roads, trails, wildlife viewing areas, picnic 

 and area campgrounds. 



• Establish and maintain nature centers. 



• Offer wildlife and outdoor recreation and education programs, activity 

 guides and curricula for schools and community groups. As you are aware, 

 Mr. Chairman, the future of conservation is in the hands of our children. 



• Provide advice to interested landowners on how to enhance their lands for 

 wildlife and outdoor recreation, from suburban backyards to large ranches. 



For all of these reasons, the National Wild Turkey Federation supports the 

 Teaming With Wildlife Initiative. In January, I had the opportunity to attend the 

 Shooting Hunting & Outdoor Trade Show commonly known as the SHOT Show 

 in Dallas, Texas. As I walked the isles and marveled at the over 1,400 vendors 

 representing 30 billion dollars in sales that resulted at the show , from gun and 

 ammunition companies to camping, cooking, optical, and boating manufacturers, I 

 wondered how many realize they wouldn't have an industry without hunters 

 generating 3 million dollars a day or 4 billion dollars since 1937, through P-R and 

 W-B to conserve the habitat and the fish and wildlife that lures Americans to the 

 out-of-doors. 



It is time we take the conservation of our fish and wildlife resources to the 

 next level. It has been good for the industry in the past and it will help the 

 industry expand into the fiature. The user fee, administered by the state fish and 

 wildlife agencies within existing framework, will assure that more can be done to 

 maximize our opportunities to conserve and enhance habitat and wildlife and to 

 educate our public to the value to our natural resource heritage and our fiiture. As 

 we enhance our wildlife and fish resources, it will only, as we have every reason 



