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By an overwhelming vote of 310-107, the U.S. House of Representatives has approved the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), allocating funding for much-needed repairs of infrastructure on public lands. The final step for the GAOA is to receive the signature of President Trump, who has indicated his willingness to sign the measure, allocating funding for “our beautiful public lands." For more on the GAOA, check out the summary and full text of the bill at congress.gov.
Winchester recently announced it has contributed more than $500,000 over the past seven years to the historic Ducks Unlimited (DU) Conservation for a Continent Campaign. The campaign generated an unprecedented $4.06 billion for continental conservation and stands as the most ambitious conservation campaign ever undertaken on behalf of North America’s wetlands and waterfowl.
National Hunting and Fishing Day, which is observed on the fourth Saturday of September each year (September 26 this year), is a day we should know one thing about: Hunters are America’s original conservationists.