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Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: History Of Hunting, Fishing, And Fish And Wildlife Management In The United States -- Origins and early development: a uniquely American approach -- Colonial through Civil War Eras: land acquisition, disposition, and withdrawal -- Post-Civil War Era: westward expansion and consolidation -- New conceptions of land use and a new movement -- Ideological split -- 1930s and 1940s: increased governmental oversight, expertise, and effectiveness -- 1950 to the present day: federal involvement and environmental protection -- Result: the North American model of wildlife conservation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Public Attitudes Toward The Environment, Natural Resources, And Wildlife -- Introduction -- Environment, natural resources, and fish and wildlife issues in general -- Importance -- Public opinions regarding the health and quality of natural resources -- Sportsmen's opinions regarding the health and quality of natural resources -- Comparing the importance of ecological and recreational issues -- Among the general population -- Among sportsmen -- Water resources -- Public opinion on the importance of water resource issues -- Public opinion on the health of water resources -- Public knowledge regarding water resources -- Sportsmen's opinions regarding water resources -- Wildlife -- Public opinion on the importance of wildlife -- Values associated with wildlife -- Kellert's wildlife values typology -- Wildlife values typology by Teel et al -- Attitudes toward wildlife among the general population -- Attitudes toward wildlife sportsmen -- Wildlife habitat -- Attitudes toward wildlife habitat -- Among the general population -- Among sportsmen -- Attitudes toward global warming/climate change -- Among the general population --Among sportsmen -- Sportsmen's attitudes toward oil and gas extraction activities -- Attitudes toward sportsmen's issues -- Personal traits and attitudes toward nature and wildlife -- Chapter 3: Attitudes Toward Hunting And Fishing -- Introduction -- Hunting support and opposition in general -- National attitudes -- Attitudes by region -- Attitudes by state -- Georgia -- Oregon -- Attitudes among youth -- Motivations for hunting and how they affect support or opposition -- National attitudes -- Attitudes by state -- Attitudes among youth -- Hunting for different species and how it affects support or opposition -- Trends in hunting support and opposition -- Characteristics of those who support and those who oppose hunting -- Perceptions of hunters and hunting -- Messages and themes that resonate with the public -- Fishing support and opposition in general -- National attitudes -- Attitudes by region -- Attitudes by state -- Attitudes among youth -- Motivations for fishing and how they affect support or opposition -- Different types of fishing and how they affect support or opposition -- Trends in recreational fishing support and opposition -- Characteristics of those who support and those who oppose recreational fishing -- Perceptions of anglers and fishing -- Chapter 4: Participation In Hunting And Fishing -- Introduction -- Sources of data and differing definitions of participant -- Total number of sportsmen -- Hunting participation -- Number of hunters -- Participation trends and factors that affect those trends -- Species hunted -- Sporting equipment used -- Measures of avidity --- Initiation -- Motivations -- Satisfaction -- Dissatisfactions, constraints, and desertion -- Access -- Demographics -- Fishing participation -- Number of anglers -- Participation trends and factors that affect those trends -- Species fished -- Sporting equipment used and types of fishing -- Measure of avidity -- Initiation -- Motivations -- Satisfaction -- Dissatisfactions, constraints, and desertion -- Access -- Demographics -- Chapter 5: Law Enforcement, Firearms, And Safety Issues -- Introduction -- Law enforcement within state fish and wildlife agencies -- Public attitudes toward law enforcement officers -- Public attitudes toward law enforcement issues -- Firearm ownership and use -- Hunter and angler safety -- Hunting accidents -- Firearm safety -- Tree stand safety -- Boating safety -- Fishing accidents -- Safety education and outreach -- Firearm and hunter safety education -- Boating safety education -- Review of one law enforcement program -- Chapter 6: Fish And Wildlife Agencies And Commissions, Government Acts, And Conservation Organizations -- Introduction -- Federal agencies involved with fish and wildlife and outdoor recreation -- U S fish And Wildlife Service -- U S Forest service -- National Park Service -- Bureau of Land Management -- U S Army Corps of Engineers -- National Marine Fisheries Service -- State Fish and Wildlife Agencies -- Agencies and directors -- Fisheries and wildlife commissions -- Agency autonomy -- General publics awareness of their state agency -- General publics satisfaction with their state agency -- Rating the importance of various agency efforts -- Rating agency performance at carrying out various efforts -- Comparing the importance of agency efforts and performance of those efforts -- General publics contacts with their state agency -- Agency credibility -- Importance programs and acts -- Lacey Act (amendments of 1981) -- Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act (The Duck Stamp Act) -- Federal Aid In Wildlife Restoration Act (The Pittman-Robertson Act) -- Federal Aid In Sport Fish Restoration Act (The Dingell-Johnson Act) -- Aquatic Resources (Wallop-Breaux) Trust Fund -- Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 -- Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act Of 1960 -- National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act And the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act -- National Environmental Policy Act -- Endangered Species Act -- National Forest Management Act -- Fish And Wildlife Improvement Act of 1978 -- North American Wetland Conservation Act -- Recreational Hunting Safety And Preservation Act of 1994 -- Executive order 13443 -- Nongovernmental, Conservation, and Sportsmen's Organizations -- American Fisheries Society -- American Forest Foundation -- American Sportfishing Association -- American Wildlife Conservation Partners -- Archery Trade Association -- Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (Formerly the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies) -- BASS/Bass Anglers Sportsman Society -- Bear Trust International -- Boone and Crockett Club -- Coastal Conservation Association -- Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation -- Conservation Force -- Conservation Fund -- Dallas Safari Club -- Delta Waterfowl Foundation -- Ducks Unlimited -- Grand Slam Club/Ovis -- Houston Safari Club -- |
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International Game Fish Association -- International Hunter Education Association -- Izaak Walton League of America -- Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation -- Mule Deer Foundation -- National Rifle Association -- National Shooting Sports Foundation -- National Trappers Association -- National Wild Turkey Federation -- National Wildlife Federation -- Nature Conservancy -- North American Bear Foundation -- North American Fishing Club -- North American Grouse Partnership -- North American Hunting Club -- Orion The Hunter's Institute -- Pheasant Forever -- Pope and Young Club -- Quail Forever -- Quail Unlimited -- Quality Deer Management Association -- Recreational Boating And Fishing Foundation -- Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation -- Ruffed Grouse Society -- SCI/Safari Club International -- Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufactures Institute -- Teaming With Wildlife -- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership -- Trout Unlimited -- U S Sportsmen's Alliance (Formerly the Wildlife Legislative Fund of America) -- Waterfowl Associations -- Whitetails Unlimited -- Wild Sheep Foundation -- Wildlife Forever -- Wildlife Management Institute -- Wildlife Society -- Chapter 7: Funding For Hunting And Fishing And The Management Of Fish And Wildlife -- History -- Current Fish and Wildlife Management Funding -- Hunting and fishing licenses -- Federal aid -- Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (The Pittman-Robertson Act) -- Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act (The Dingell-Johnson/Wallop-Breaux Act) -- State wildlife grants -- Other sources of funding -- Cooperative endangered species conservation fund grants -- North American Wetlands Conservation Act -- Landowner incentive program -- Additional funding sources -- Public awareness of and attitudes toward fish and wildlife agency funding -- Awareness and knowledge of how fish and wildlife agencies are funded -- Opinions on license costs -- Sportsmen's awareness of and attitudes toward fish and wildlife agency funding -- Awareness and knowledge of how fish and wildlife agencies are funded -- Opinions on license costs -- Opinions on federal aid -- Effects of increasing hunting and fishing license fees on fish and wildlife agency funding -- Decreased participation -- Inflation -- Federal funding -- Balancing funding needs, fee increases, and negative impacts -- Sportsmen's opposition to license fee increases -- Educating sportsmen about license fee revenues -- Chapter 8: Economic Significance Of Hunting And Fishing -- Introduction -- Spending by hunters and anglers -- Annual and daily contributions per sportsman -- Factors that affect the sportsmen's economy -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Ballot Initiatives, Referenda, And Sportsmen's Issues -- Introduction -- Defining ballot initiatives and referenda -- Initiative process -- Constitutional versus statutory initiatives -- Direct versus indirect initiatives -- Referendum process -- Popular versus legislative referenda -- Legislative amendments versus legislative statutes -- National structure: initiatives and referenda by state -- States that feature the initiative process -- States that feature the referendum process -- Historical statistics of ballot initiatives and state trends -- History and overview of ballot initiatives and referenda concerning sportsmen's issues -- Chronology of proposed initiatives and referenda: 1908-2008 -- Chronology of sportsmen-related ballot initiatives and referenda from 1908 by individual state -- Most common ballot measure issues -- Bans on trapping devices -- Bans and limitations on hunting bear and large predators -- Bans on mourning dove hunting -- Right-to-hunt-and-fish constitutional amendments -- Insights on and strategies for sportsmen-related ballot initiatives and referenda -- Strategies for initiating, controlling, and countering ballot initiatives and referenda -- Commit to long-term education -- Develop coalitions, cooperation, and partnering efforts -- Building communications on a solid foundation of research -- Prepare a campaign based on issue-specific research -- Hire a professional communications team -- Identify target markets -- Identify messages -- Network at the grassroots level -- Use the credibility of the state fish and wildlife agency -- Knowledge of and working relationships with organizations experienced in sportsmen-related legislative efforts -- Responding to the emotional component of animal protectionist campaigns -- Emerging issues -- Hunting over bait -- Climate change -- Hunting with dogs -- Fenced hunting and fenced preserves -- High-tech gear -- Roadless areas and wilderness designations -- Sunday hunting -- Trapping -- Chapter 10: Future Of Hunting And Fishing In The United States -- Summary of trends in hunting and fishing participation -- Recruitment and retention of sportsmen -- Interest in hunting and fishing -- Social dimensions of hunting and fishing -- Time constraints -- Need for information -- Awareness of recruitment and retention programs -- Messaging and recruitment/retention -- Differences in motivations for participating -- Targeted marketing -- Local recreational opportunities -- Access to resources -- Proactive recruitment and retention -- Example of a successful program -- Current hunter and angler recruitment and retention programs -- National programs pertaining to hunting and fishing -- Step outside -- Women in the outdoors -- Becoming an outdoors woman (BOW) -- Trailblazers weekends -- Project WILD -- National programs pertaining to hunting -- Women on target -- 4-H Shooting Sports foundation -- Juniors acquiring knowledge, ethics, and sportsmanship (JAKES) -- National archery in the schools program -- National programs pertaining to fishing -- Take me fishing -- Hooked on fishing-not on drugs -- State programs pertaining to hunting and fishing -- Elements of successful hunter and angler recruitment and retention programs -- Clearly define goals and objectives -- Set achievable goals and have realistic expectations -- Provide adequate funding and staffing -- Hire coordinators -- Publicize the program -- Foster a hunting and fishing culture -- Attempt to replicate how sportsmen are typically initiated into activities -- Provide repeated exposure to the sports -- Tailor programs to the target market -- Use partnerships -- Train the trainers -- Word about hunting safety -- Evaluate programs -- Final word about recruitment and retention -- References -- Index. |
| Abstract |
Product Description: Nearly 34 million Americans ages 16 and older head outdoors to hunt and fish every year. Through hunting and fishing license fees and excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment, hunters and anglers are responsible for the majority of fish and wildlife conservation funding in the United States. Fish and wildlife management programs funded by these fees have conserved millions of acres of habitat and have brought back many species, including wild turkey, wood duck, bald eagle, and pronghorn antelope, from unhealthy population levels. Understanding hunting and fishing, and hunters and anglers as a constituency, is vital to effectively managing the nation's natural resources. Policy makers, legislators, fish and wildlife professionals, conservation organizations, and hunters and anglers themselves have an unmet need for science-based, comprehensive information on hunting and fishing to inform their understanding, communications, decision making, and planning. The Sportsman's Voice: Hunting and Fishing in America, is the first book that provides a comprehensive, up-to-date look at hunting and fishing in America. It bridges the gap between hundreds of scientific studies of the human dimensions of conservation and on-the-ground situations, giving this information meaningful context and real-world utility. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-248) and index. |
| ISBN | 1892132907 |
| ISBN | 9781892132901 |
