[obol] [Tweeters] Wildlife Refuges & Hunters

[Bob Flores]

I agree with Richard but I would like to point out the funding he mentions 
is for land acquisition only.  The Refuge system is still funded well below 
other land management agencies such as the National Park Service.

Just my plug on all of this.

Bob Flores
Ridgefield, WA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Carlson" <rccarl at pacbell.net>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 8:07 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] Wildlife Refuges & Hunters


>
> Teddy Roosevelt may have established the first
> National Wildlife Refuge, but the real genius behind
> today's wildlife refuge system was Roosevelt's friend
> and another Republican hunter, Ding Darling of Sioux
> City, Iowa.  He pushed through the Duck Stamp idea to
> fund the refuges in 1934.
>
> I've never been a hunter but I still thank them for
> providing nearly all the funding for establishing the
> refuge system we have today, Federal and state.
>
> In contrast to the hunters who have backed their talk
> with real money, the birding community has been all
> talk. As an economist and escaped Fed. I've learned to
> watch the money and forget the talk.
>
> I loved that story about the Gyrfalcon and would love
> to read more.
>
>
>
> Richard Carlson
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