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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNRA President James Porter Wins 'Conservationist Of The Year' As Smear On Wildlife Nonprofits Begins
The Alabama Wildlife Federation's awards ceremony and banquet Friday in Alabama recognized Porter, a lifelong hunter, among other things for spearheading efforts in the state to allow hunting on public land.
The gun lobby's campaign against scientists, wildlife groups, even zoos, which the NRA announced earlier on Friday, is part of its fight against regulations proposed in some states to limit the use of lead-based ammunition. Studies have shown toxic lead from ammunition poisons as many as 20 million wild birds every year in the U.S.
The NRA's enemies list includes some of the nation's most venerable conservation groups, including the Audubon Society, the San Diego Zoo and the Peregrine Fund. The Alabama Wildlife Federation is not included on the NRA list. A spokeswoman for the group was unavailable for comment Tuesday....
Read More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/06/nra-james-porter_n_3715361.html
bowens43
(16,064 posts)wow, what can you say to this kind of Orwellian stupidity?
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)X_Digger
(18,585 posts)Via the Pittman-Robertson Act, more than $2,000,000,000 (as of 2010) has been generated for wildlife conservation.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)The NRA is not a hunters' organization, it's a gun hobbyist militia type organization.
X_Digger
(18,585 posts).. for fish; campgrounds, parks, and hiking trails are maintained with P-R monies.
(The monies go back to the states for wildlife preservation, regardless of whether the land is open to hunting or not.)
Here, have a read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittman%E2%80%93Robertson_Federal_Aid_in_Wildlife_Restoration_Act
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)X_Digger
(18,585 posts)The NRA foundation gives directly to wildlife conservation as well.
Every gun, bow, bullet, and arrow purchased- sends funds back to the states for wildlife conservation.
Dreamer Tatum
(10,926 posts)People tend to see hunters, especially NRA members, as all Hummer-driving fatasses who exterminate as many animals as possible while dumping toxic waste in every stream they can find. In reality, all the hunters I know are naturalists as well, who are good stewards of the lands. But hey, what good is a socially acceptable stereotype if you can't toss it around?
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)X_Digger
(18,585 posts)It certainly isn't the sierra club.
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)X_Digger
(18,585 posts)The bucket labeled 'Pittman-Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration'.
You know, the bucket that gets filled from people buying hunting licenses, guns, ammo, bows, and arrows.
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)...which is the act that requires "environmental impact statements" before developing *any* area.
How about Yosemite? The club also stopped coal mining in West Virginia that protected entire mountains.
thanks for asking