These hunters have preserved this wetland to promote waterfowl hunting.
But that’s not all they did.
They can only hunt waterfowl during the appropriate season.
That wetland ecosystem does provide them a good place to shoot ducks and work retrievers.
But other creatures and plants use this ecosystem, and thus, a little bit of biodiversity is preserved. And all because hunters wanted a good duck hunting area.
Examples of hunters assisting conservation are too numerous to count and certainly too numerous for me to elucidate.
Let’s just say that if you’re a green, you ought to support responsible and ethical hunting. Real tree-huggers also hug hunters.
I often tell “activists” that they have hunters to thank for wildlife habitat preservation and rehabilitation.
They often argue that, and I simply tell them to go look at Ducks Unlimited.
To date, I haven’t heard back from anyone who actually has. Ignorance is bliss I guess.
Ducks Unlimited is one of the main reasons why we have so many wetlands and prairies preserved in this country. They are also major advocates for the Clean Water Act.
Just send them to this site right here: http://www.ducks.org/conservation/
I like clean water. I like biodiversity.
Thanks to DU.
Oh, I know where to send them ;)
But I cannot make them learn what they want to ignore, unfortunately.
Not to mention duck stamps and the various licenses and etc. Huge monies go to conservation, habitat restoration, and wetlands development. Then there are CRP fields, which exist into the 21st century in no small part because of the concerns of hunters working for conservation.
Generally, conserving, preserving and nurturing healthy game bird hunting grounds=conserving, preserving and nurturing healthy environments for all kinds of birds and other wildlife.