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Show . Hjjygj Sportsmen were acliveln me I Jfr? I Sportsman linanclng has made T'iir'' Tt Tt .t -,... ArilWR tJ Possible the purchase ol Jf The colorful Through the purch U)ttZk) M some 3.000.000 acres o( ' h and popular of Federal Duck Stampi. ' DLL TrVVl H refuges, wintering ranges , , fingneck pheasant. hunters presently UT1 rt II wetlands and public hunting ' wnich there are countless annually contrlbuta f If , 7 1 U areas in nearly every state of millions today, did not even almost $11,000.000 tor M I m J I the Union. e"'" "ere 100 years ago. He's conservation Since lAirJ i J an inmlgrant. first introduced enactment of the fOj7 -4Hfc.- by sportsmen in 1882 program in 1934. federal rrlW duck stamps have llfl raised over $140 million. Th6re are 796 species of birds in America f Only 74 are hunted All benellt from sportsmen-financed conservation programs Nor,e "he 101 animals f f Endangered Species , t J List are hunted, t according to the Office Jff'n- 2'gEiJdangered Species, Jift. vZJJ,00'.!!! 9 7h" SSsi Z nd It is the PrtJlf &-:W'Ti-i-':':i SK' Through a sell-imoosed ta nr. . . continues to serve ' 5andammXrfhne 5,'na, guardran of our natur.l i rrf:i3 . Il,e maragement in the last 35 vear ann W ' V ' COn,inue,oaover$55mHI,onannuaalfy.and Fishermen have provided about $200,000,000 for fisheries research Lm90m, il through a special tax on their equipment 3rS2?j S 'IP and annually swell that total by about Uln lilfTn'l 1 $18 million. Ill I ' V 4 ' P!EIIu f Hunters and ( LI I . r-MM2 t 'ishermen contribute ti I l VJSM 1 over M bill'on TV . mJ I .( Y rClOp' ann"ally tothe 1 nations economy. V F if X v-UlLjjuii Hunters spend an V J j t estimated $100 - ' IT Thanks to SDorUmao , million each year n7 Hj K Programs- P Sman"supPrlt,' management developing wildlife V, ri ' t T J There are now somp ir m n . habitat on privately VjB 4 L- J United StaL ThOr - '0ndeerinlhe owned lands. JtlttwV I in 1900 ereWereonlV 500.000 I M if T"'"eys numbered less than mnnnn TSl J |