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1269.0. "Anti-Hunter Alert - U.S. Fish and Wildlife" by CSC32::J_HENSON (Faster than a speeding ticket) Mon May 17 1993 14:17

I pulled the following article off of the internet.  Basically, it's a
request for action by all those who wish to see hunting continued on
National Wildlife Preserves.  The article speaks for itself.

Jerry

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From: [email protected] (Richard Cower)
Subject: Urgent appeal for letters to US Fish and Wildlife (public land access)
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Date: 17 May 93 10:07:54 CDT
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URGENT!! Write the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service NOW to keep public lands
open to hunting, trapping and fishing. The deadline is June 14, 1993.

Stopping hunting and trapping on National Wildlife Refuges is the priority
target of anti-hunting groups in 1993.

This is the point of attack in their campaign to close all federal public
lands, which are now open to hunting in 47 states and offer some of the best
hunting in America. There are expected to be some 30 million hunter visits
to these lands this year, including 1.1 million hunter visits to the 90 million
acre refuge system alone. No anti-hunting campaign to date affects so many 
hunters and so many wildlife species in so many states.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is required to justify hunting, trapping 
and fishing on the Reguges, and to register public comment in the process. It
is imperative that pro-hunting letters/cards outnumber anti-hunting ones.

Write the service now and urge your customers, family and employees to do
likewise. Here's an example of what you should write, in either a letter or
postcard:

Assistant Director
Refuges and Wildlife
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1849 "C" St., NW
MS 670 ARLSQ
Washington, D.C. 20240

Dear Sir,

	I (we) strongly support hunting, trapping and fishing and, therefore, 
endorse a strengthened version of the "Balanced Alternative" of your draft 
environmental impact statement for management of the National Refuge Systems 
(Refuges 2003). The strengthened version is known as the "Conservation
Alternative" and is explined in the March 25, 1993 comments of the The
Wildlife Legislative Fund of America (WLFA). (Afdd a personal comments).

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