I 100% agree!  It is time for birders to contribute to conservation of  the 
resource.
 
Tom Hissong
 
 
In a message dated 12/14/2010 1:08:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
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The  non-financial participation of birders in the acquisition and 
management of  exceptionally fine birding areas that were paid for by hunters and 
fisherman  is always a contentious one, on all sides of this many-sided issue. 
 

The fact that the Ohio Division of Wildlife gets the vast majority of  its 
operating funds from the sale of hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses  
has been noted.

But what hasn’t been mentioned are the excise taxes on  firearms, 
ammunition, archery equipment, and fishing gear allowed by the  Pittman-Robertson Act 
and the related Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration  Act. These taxes on 
sportsmen have were instigated by hunting and fishing  groups, and are 
fully supported by them.

Should there not be, then, a  similar conservation excise tax on 
binoculars, bird guides, and bird feed? Why  not? 

–John  Blakeman



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