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Kelly Larson Bemidji Minnesota Northern Flights Wild Bird Store Just 96 miles from the Canadian border! Or visit us on the Web at... www.northern-flights.com Eschew Obfuscation! The middle of Nowhere is Somewhere! Begin forwarded message: > From: Kevin and Tammy Naze <kevn...@itol.com> > Date: March 21, 2006 10:47:07 AM CST > To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" <wisbi...@lawrence.edu> > Subject: [wisb] USFWS national survey (NEWS) > > Anyone here ever lucky enough to be called to participate in one of =20= > these? Too bad we can't volunteer! > > USFWS release today: > > The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking hunters, anglers and =20 > other > wildlife enthusiasts for their participation, beginning late March, =20= > in the > 11th National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated > Recreation. > > "We appreciate the anglers, hunters, birdwatchers and others =20 > throughout the > United States who voluntarily participate in this survey," said =20 > Service > Director H. Dale Hall. "Results from this survey help wildlife =20 > managers > quantify how much Americans value =13 in both participation and =20 > expenditures > -- our wildlife resources." > > The survey is undertaken every five years and is funded by the =20 > multistate > conservation grant program authorized by the Wildlife and Sport Fish > Restoration Programs Improvement Act of 2001. It provides the only > comprehensive statistical data available on participation and =20 > expenditures > for hunting, fishing and wildlife-watching in all 50 states. The =20 > survey is > considered a critical resource for Federal and state wildlife =20 > agencies, > journalists, outdoor and tourist industries, local governments, =20 > planners, > conservation groups and others with an interest in wildlife and =20 > outdoor > recreation. > > Information for the survey is collected by the Census Bureau, =20 > primarily > through telephone interviews to be conducted in late March to May and > September to October in 2006 and January to February in 2007. =20 > Individuals > will be asked about their participation and expenditures in several > categories of wildlife-associated recreation. Results are published =20= > in a > national report and in 50 individual state reports. The survey has =20 > been > conducted every five years since 1955. > > Participation is voluntary and all responses are confidential. Data > collected will be used for statistical purposes only and no =20 > participant can > be identified from information contained in the reports. > > Interviewing begins March 27 with a screening of 85,000 households. > Representative samples will be chosen to include 31,500 anglers and =20= > hunters > and 24,300 wildlife watchers (wildlife photographers, feeders, and > observers). > > Preliminary survey findings will be available in the spring of =20 > 2007. Final > reports will be issued beginning in the fall of 2007. The reports, =20 > when > completed, will be posted at http://federalaid.fws.gov/surveys/=20 > surveys.html. > > The 2001 survey revealed 82 million Americans enjoyed some form of > wildlife-related recreation and spent more than $108 billion =20 > pursuing their > activities. > > > Kevin Naze > Algoma > > > > > > ############################## > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list <wisbi...@lawrence.edu>. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, E-mail to <wisbirdn-...@lawrence.edu> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <wisbirdn-dig...@lawrence.edu> > Send administrative QUERIES, E-mail to <wisbirdn-=20 > requ...@lawrence.edu> --Apple-Mail-3--700691011 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV> <SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; = font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; = font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Kelly = Larson</DIV><DIV>Bemidji Minnesota</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Northern Flights Wild Bird = Store</DIV><DIV>Just 96 miles from the Canadian border!</DIV><DIV>Or = visit us on the Web at...=A0<A = href=3D"http://www.northern-flights.com">www.northern-flights.com</A></DIV= ><DIV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><FONT = class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#4A2FFF"><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(74, 47, 255); "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(74, 47, 255); ">Eschew = Obfuscation!</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT = class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#FF4934"><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(255, 73, 52); "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(255, 73, 52); ">The = middle of Nowhere </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" = color=3D"#FF4934"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"text-decoration: underline;; color: rgb(255, 73, 52); = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(255, 73, 52); = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(255, 73, 52); = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; = ">is</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" = color=3D"#FF4934"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: = rgb(255, 73, 52); "><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: = rgb(255, 73, 52); "> Somewhere!</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> = </DIV><DIV><BR><DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"4" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>From: = </B></FONT><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 14.0px = Helvetica">Kevin and Tammy Naze <<A = href=3D"mailto:kevn...@itol.com">kevn...@itol.com</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV= style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"4" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Date: = </B></FONT><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 14.0px = Helvetica">March 21, 2006 10:47:07 AM CST</FONT></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"4" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 14.0px = Helvetica">"Wisconsin Birding Network" <<A = href=3D"mailto:wisbi...@lawrence.edu">wisbi...@lawrence.edu</A>></FONT>= </DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"4" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"4" = style=3D"font: 14.0px Helvetica"><B>[wisb] USFWS national survey = (NEWS)</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> = <DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Anyone here ever lucky enough to be called to = participate in one of these? Too bad we can't volunteer!</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">USFWS = release today:</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking = hunters, anglers and other</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">wildlife = enthusiasts for their participation, beginning late March, in = the</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">11th National Survey of Fishing, = Hunting and Wildlife-Associated</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">Recreation.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">"We appreciate the anglers, hunters, birdwatchers = and others throughout the</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">United States = who voluntarily participate in this survey," said Service</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Director H. Dale Hall.<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>"Results from this survey = help wildlife managers</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">quantify how much Americans = value =13 in both participation and expenditures</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">-- our wildlife resources."</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The = survey is undertaken every five years and is funded by the = multistate</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">conservation grant program = authorized by the Wildlife and Sport Fish</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">Restoration Programs Improvement Act of 2001. It provides the = only</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">comprehensive statistical data = available on participation and expenditures</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">for = hunting, fishing and wildlife-watching in all 50 states. The survey = is</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">considered a critical resource for Federal and = state wildlife agencies,</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">journalists, = outdoor and tourist industries, local governments, planners,</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">conservation groups and others with an interest in = wildlife and outdoor</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">recreation.</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">Information for the survey is collected by the Census Bureau, = primarily</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">through telephone interviews to = be conducted in late March to May and</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">September to October in 2006 and January to February in 2007. = Individuals</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">will be asked about their = participation and expenditures in several</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">categories of wildlife-associated recreation. Results are published in = a</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">national report and in 50 individual state = reports. The survey has been</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">conducted = every five years since 1955.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Participation is voluntary and = all responses are confidential.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 = </SPAN>Data</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">collected will be used for = statistical purposes only and no participant can</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">be identified from information contained in the = reports.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Interviewing begins March 27 with a screening of = 85,000 households.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Representative samples will = be chosen to include 31,500 anglers and hunters</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">and 24,300 wildlife watchers (wildlife = photographers, feeders, and</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">observers).</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Preliminary survey findings will be available in the = spring of 2007.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 = </SPAN>Final</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">reports will be issued beginning = in the fall of 2007. The reports, when</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">completed, will be posted at <A = href=3D"http://federalaid.fws.gov/surveys/surveys.html">http://federalaid.= fws.gov/surveys/surveys.html</A>.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The 2001 survey revealed 82 = million Americans enjoyed some form of</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">wildlife-related recreation and spent more than $108 billion pursuing = their</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">activities.</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Kevin = Naze</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Algoma</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">##############################</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">This message = is sent to you because you are subscribed to</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN>the = mailing list <<A = href=3D"mailto:wisbi...@lawrence.edu">wisbi...@lawrence.edu</A>>.</DIV>= <DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">To UNSUBSCRIBE, E-mail to <<A = href=3D"mailto:wisbirdn-...@lawrence.edu">wisbirdn-...@lawrence.edu</A>>= ;</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <<A = href=3D"mailto:wisbirdn-dig...@lawrence.edu">wisbirdn-dig...@lawrence.edu<= /A>></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Send administrative QUERIES, = E-mail to<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN><<A = href=3D"mailto:wisbirdn-requ...@lawrence.edu">wisbirdn-requ...@lawrence.ed= u</A>></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-3--700691011--