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Do Hunters Pay for Wildlife Conservation?

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Do Hunters Pay for Wildlife Conservation?

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Do Hunters Pay for Wildlife Conservation?The Truth about Hunters Paying for Wildlife Hunters in the United States claim that they pay for wildlife conservation, but the truth is that they pay for a very small portion of it. Answer: Do Hunters Pay for National Wildlife Refuges? The short answer: Not nearly as much as they would have the public believe. Over 150 million acres of land are in the U.S. National Wildlife Refuge System, and there is at least one refuge in every state. One way that hunters support wildlife habitat is through the purchase of Duck Stamps. However, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, only 3% of the land in National Wildlife Refuge system was purchased with funds from the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund, which has six sources of funding: • sale of Duck Stamps, 10% of which are purchase