Vermont Takes Action To Improve Hunting For The Future
March 19, 2007
Vermont is one of several states taking steps to improve the number of young people taking up the sport. Here is a list of things several groups will be working on in the near future that they hope will make hunting more appealing and easier to participate in.
# Increase by 10 percent the number of people, particularly families, introduced to shooting in Vermont through structured, educational programs by 2011.
# Provide elementary teachers with materials to teach youngsters about the values of wildlife and the role that hunting plays in the scheme of things.
# Reach out to landowners by showing them the benefits of hunting for them and their land.
# Increase access opportunities to private lands.
# Beginning in 2007, require all Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department staff to complete the hunter education course.
# Develop legislation that will provide a means for stable, sustainable funding for Fish & Wildlife by Jan. 15, 2008.
# By the 2008 hunting season, create and implement a “learner’s permit” to simplify the introduction of Vermonters to hunting.
# Strengthen and improve relationships between hunters and the public.
# Add wildlife management curriculum to every Vermont school by 2010, to be taught in Grades K-12.
# Develop a 4-H shooting sports program in every Vermont county by 2010.
# Assure that every Vermont youth have access to a Fish & Wildlife mentoring and hunter education program by 2011.
Read more about what Vermont is doing.
Tom Remington
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