Financial Returns To Industry From The Federal Aid - Wildlife and ...

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1
Conservation: A Capital Investment in Your Business .............................................................. 1
More Than 70 Years Building Field-Sports Industries ............................................................... 2
Then and Now ............................................................................................................................. 3
Overview of the Wildlife Restoration Program .............................................................................. 3
What Items Are Taxed? .............................................................................................................. 3
Restoration Programs: Unique, Protected and Strong ................................................................ 3
Methods, Definitions and Contents................................................................................................. 4
Estimating Return On Investment ............................................................................................... 5
Estimating Annual Hunter/Angler Spending at the National Level ........................................... 8
Case Study Selection................................................................................................................... 8
History and Evolution of the Wildlife Restoration Program .......................................................... 9
Long Term Trends and Current Program Status ....................................................................... 11
Returns on Investment .............................................................................................................. 16
The Effect of Time Lags ........................................................................................................... 18
Programs Funded By the Tax ................................................................................................... 18
Benefits to Industry ....................................................................................................................... 19
Leveraged Funds ....................................................................................................................... 19
Then And Now: What Would Hunting And Conservation Look Like Without The Wildlife
Restoration Program?................................................................................................................ 20
More Wildlife Translates Into More Hunting ....................................................................... 21
Potential Hunting-Opportunity Days ........................................................................................ 21
Archers and Muzzleloaders Cash In On the Conservation Dividend ................................... 27
Case Studies .................................................................................................................................. 29
Conservation and Management Case Studies ........................................................................... 29
Case #1: North Carolina Wild Turkey Re-introduction ........................................................ 29
Case #2: Virginia Resident Canada Geese............................................................................ 33
Access and Land-Management Case Studies ........................................................................... 38
Case #3: Pennsylvania Game Lands ..................................................................................... 38
Case #4: Utah's Cooperative Wildlife-Management Unit Program ...................................... 40
Case #5: Montana Block-Management Program .................................................................. 43
Hunter Education and Recruitment Case Studies ..................................................................... 47
Case #6: Hunter Education in Idaho Case Study .................................................................. 47
Case #7: Nebraska National Archery in the School Program ............................................... 50
Case #8: Brown County Sportsman Club Shooting Range, South Dakota .......................... 52
Case #9: Georgia Shooting Range: Chickasawatchee WMA ............................................... 55
Case #10: Ben Avery Shooting Facility, Arizona ................................................................. 57
Other Value-Added Case Studies ............................................................................................. 59
Case #11: Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study .............................................. 59
Case #12: National Wildlife Refuge Hunting Lawsuit ......................................................... 61
Case #13: Wisconsin Bear-Population Estimation ............................................................... 64
Case #14: Maryland Bear Hunting ....................................................................................... 66
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 70
Appendix A: Taxable Equipment Items ....................................................................................... 73