Thank You John! Charlie Greenman Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 13, 2019, at 7:44 PM, John Schladweiler <[email protected]> wrote: > > They are also sold at any US Post Office. > > > >> On Sat, Jul 13, 2019, 2:56 PM Alyssa DeRubeis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On the topic of wildlife conservation (i.e. Bob Dunlap's post on Recovering >> America's Wildlife Act), the American Birding Association (ABA) is now >> selling federal Duck Stamps in an effort to quantify the number of birders >> supporting wetland protection. 98% of the cost goes towards directly to >> purchasing wetland habitat. >> https://www.aba.org/store/2019-2020-duck-stamp >> / >> >> Even though there are conservation taxes on hunters and anglers through the >> Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson Acts, there are no such taxes on >> wildlife-viewers. Binoculars, spotting scopes, etc. have no additional tax >> that goes towards habitat protection, even though we often use visit >> protected areas to go birding. So I know some birders buy Duck Stamps--even >> if they're not hunters--every year to "pay their dues." >> >> If you already regularly buy Duck Stamps, thank you! If you don't want to >> get them through the ABA website, there are a number of shops in Minnesota >> where you can buy them in-person (those that sell hunting licenses, or >> National Wildlife Refuge gift shops). I do think it would be interesting to >> get them through ABA though, since they're keeping track of the number of >> birders buying them. >> >> Good birding! >> >> Alyssa DeRubeis >> formerly Golden Valley, Hennepin Co. >> >> ---- >> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >> > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
