Mustangs Rule
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The link below is about one of the greatest moments of wildlife conservation not just in America but in the world.
The 1937 Pittman Robertson Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration bill was dead. A critical Representative from Illinois, Scott Lucas would not move P-R ahead.
The originator of P-R Act, Carl Shoemaker, did something amazing.
He appealed for help to the women’s clubs of Illinois, all 1075 of them, Garden clubs, Birding Clubs, etc. representing 80,000 women, who hounded Scott Lucas until he unfroze the P-R Act till it passed.
These women did this because the P-R Act by law must be about restoring all wildlife, both game and non-game species. Upland game birds and songbirds too.
Over the past P-R funds favored game animals. That is changing as the focus is moving to aid non-consumptive wildlife species. Game and Fish Commissions are now becoming Wildlife Commissions with preservation replacing consumption and funds going to animals that are not hunted.
P-R funds could soon legally be challenged for use in restoring fish, bats, insects, reptiles amphibians, even the Jaguar.
sportingclassicsdaily.com
The 1937 Pittman Robertson Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration bill was dead. A critical Representative from Illinois, Scott Lucas would not move P-R ahead.
The originator of P-R Act, Carl Shoemaker, did something amazing.
He appealed for help to the women’s clubs of Illinois, all 1075 of them, Garden clubs, Birding Clubs, etc. representing 80,000 women, who hounded Scott Lucas until he unfroze the P-R Act till it passed.
These women did this because the P-R Act by law must be about restoring all wildlife, both game and non-game species. Upland game birds and songbirds too.
Over the past P-R funds favored game animals. That is changing as the focus is moving to aid non-consumptive wildlife species. Game and Fish Commissions are now becoming Wildlife Commissions with preservation replacing consumption and funds going to animals that are not hunted.
P-R funds could soon legally be challenged for use in restoring fish, bats, insects, reptiles amphibians, even the Jaguar.
The Pittman-Robertson Act Came at the Right Time - Sporting Classics Daily
Carl Shoemaker heaved the Pittman-Robertson Act into law, resulting in an a boon to wildlife conservation and people across the country.
sportingclassicsdaily.com
