Hunters and anglers are stewards of America’s land and water resources that provide habitat for our nation’s diversity of fish and wildlife species
The 30x30 Initiative seeks to conserve the 30% of land and water across the globe by the year 2030
The 30x30 Initiative seeks to conserve the 30% of land and water across the globe by the year 2030
The Conservation Legacy of
America's Hunters & Anglers
America's Hunters & Anglers
$65.1 Billiongenerated for state-driven conservation by hunters & anglers since 1939 |
$1.4 Billionin dedicated, annual funding requested by hunters & anglers to recover 12,000 Species of Greatest Conservation Need |
6 millionacres acquired for conservation through Federal Duck Stamps, creating or expanding more than 300 National Wildlife Refuges |
In pursuit of bold biodiversity conservation goals,
America's hunters & anglers are part of the solution
As America’s original conservationists, the hunting and fishing community has proactively supported strategic efforts to conserve our nation’s terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems for more than a century. The ability to connect with our land, water and fish and wildlife through our outdoor pursuits continues to result in a deep appreciation and understanding of the link between healthy habitats and thriving fish and wildlife populations.
We support 30 by 30 policies that are not merely aspirational, but that recognize existing management levels/actions that currently afford protections and work to identify additional conservation needs and actions through an objective, science-driven, stakeholder-engaged process to determine the appropriate level of management actions necessary to meet biodiversity conservation goals.
Furthermore, we support 30 by 30 policies that recognize hunting and fishing as well-managed and sustainable activities that are in harmony with other management goals. Maintaining the sense of connection to our abundant resources and unrivaled natural beauty that these activities provide is essential to ensuring we have natural resource and biodiversity stewards for the next century, just as we have had in the past.
America's hunters & anglers are part of the solution
As America’s original conservationists, the hunting and fishing community has proactively supported strategic efforts to conserve our nation’s terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems for more than a century. The ability to connect with our land, water and fish and wildlife through our outdoor pursuits continues to result in a deep appreciation and understanding of the link between healthy habitats and thriving fish and wildlife populations.
We support 30 by 30 policies that are not merely aspirational, but that recognize existing management levels/actions that currently afford protections and work to identify additional conservation needs and actions through an objective, science-driven, stakeholder-engaged process to determine the appropriate level of management actions necessary to meet biodiversity conservation goals.
Furthermore, we support 30 by 30 policies that recognize hunting and fishing as well-managed and sustainable activities that are in harmony with other management goals. Maintaining the sense of connection to our abundant resources and unrivaled natural beauty that these activities provide is essential to ensuring we have natural resource and biodiversity stewards for the next century, just as we have had in the past.
"They took to the woods and fields for the same inner reasons they always have: for food, of course, but also for connection, and for knowledge about what it means to be human in our complex and increasingly fragile world."
Mary Zeiss Stange
Mary Zeiss Stange
