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I can take years, sometimes decades of perspective to gain appreciation for some of history's greatest moments. So it was with passage of the 1938 Pittman-Robertson Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act. While the name may not suggest greatness to people unfamiliar with its purpose, the Act has funded many of America's most successful wildlife conservation efforts through a unique federal-state partnership. To date, it has directed over $4.8 billion in excise taxes sportsmen pay on their hunting equipment to state wildlife agencies for the restoration of wildlife and its habitat.
Even more remarkable than the success of the Act is the story of its creation. It started in 1936 when President Franklin Roosevelt convened sportsmen, gardeners, Jaycees, and other civic leaders to assess the plight of the nation's wildlife and to recommend how to restore its health. Within two years,... |
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