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NRA
1). It is safe to point a gun at a person if the safety is on.
True/False

2). You should always be sure of your target and what is beyond it when firing a gun.
True/False

QDMA
3). Which one of these tracks was made by a white-tailed deer?


a. b. c. d.

NWTF
4). What are young turkeys called?
a.    Poults
b.    Fawns
c.    Calves
d.    Goslings

NCWRC
5). Hunting on private property without permission from the landowner is the right thing to do.
True/False

WCWC
6)    What insect is the number one cause of Lyme disease?
a.    Spider
b.    Tick
c.    Grasshopper
d.    Fly

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The Wildlife Conservation through Education Committee - Who are we?
These fine events are the result of many months of collaborative work by a number of dedicated volunteers and conservation organizations.

Most of us on the Committee have training in physical and/or social sciences and an appreciation of the stocks and flows from aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

We are diverse in our preferences. Some like to bird watch while others like to fish, hike, hunt, and/or take pictures. Some of us like to do it all. Some of us are from educational institutions, others from government agencies, and still others from non-governmental organizations.

All of us believe in a positive outdoor ethic. As Aldo Leopold, the father of wildlife management said, "doing what is right when no one else is looking."

All of us believe in the importance of a well-rounded education, as education is intended to provide a strong foundation on which individuals can begin nurture understanding, formulate their own ideas, and develop support for policies, and engage in outdoor recreation.

What are our views?
Our view is that there are many functions of ecological systems (including, provision of oxygen, filtered water, and reduced soil erosion) including many recreational services. Some ecological systems are in our own backyards. While other systems are in wetlands, lakes, streams, fields, and forests. We believe that habitats and ecosystems are dynamic. We distinguish early successional habitats, but also recognize old growth forests.

In addition, many of us are concerned with the decline in outdoor recreation activities including the decline &/or risk of decline of revenues from user supported excise taxes, fish and game stamps, license fees and non-game income tax check in programs. Those revenues provide much of the funding for research, habitat acquisition, conservation education, and enforcement of regulations.

Folks not on our committee are also concerned. Richard Louv's best seller, "Last Child in the Woods" spoke of a malady affecting our youth: Nature Deficit Disorder. The Wildlife Conservation through Education Committee wants to improve the understanding of nature through objective education.

There are many spillovers from engaging in specific types of ethical outdoor recreation. But, without an understanding of the physical and social sciences undergirding aquatic and wildlife management, individuals will act in their own backyards, vote in the leisure time activity market place and the public policy voting box as ill-informed consumers.

But, why should anyone care about the woods or streams? Well, wildlife and its habitat can serve as environmental barometers. Here is an example, of a result from a melding of physical and social science knowledge. Being informed on the connections amongst habitat quantity and quality and costs, New York City residents chose to take financial steps to maintain the quality of the upstate watershed. Why? ...So that drinking water could be provided to New York City at lower cost. Adopting such a policy, would also enhance recreational opportunities for bird watchers, hikers, hunters, and outdoor photographers.

In our view, wildlife conservation policy guided by ignorance and fears is divisive and will not generate an enduring commitment to restoration and maintenance of wildlife habitat and conservation of ecosystem functions and services. Too often wildlife conservation is fraught with heartfelt vigorous and sometimes violent advocacy with minimal understanding of the facts. Wildlife conservation policy guided by emotion alone will not generate an effective and enduring conservation ethic.

What do we wish to achieve?
We designed each of these events to provide participants the following opportunities:

• To explore the issues that affect wildlife today
• To ask that they consider their roles as wildlife stewards
• To appreciate the critical roles that sports men and women play in creating and maintaining sustainable wildlife and wildlife habitat
• To apply scientific theory and principles to real-world applications; and
• To understand the role that science plays in their everyday lives

Hope to see you there!

On behalf of the Wildlife Conservation through Education Committee

Allen Basala, Chair
Judy Gardner, Vice Chair