At 08:36 PM 10/7/97 -0700, you wrote:

>> In the 1930s, hunters themselves took the rare step of lobbying
>> Congress to use an excise tax on firearms and ammunition for
>> wildlife conservation. Anglers followed suit in 1950. Boaters
>> joined in 1985.

This is the real embarassment - boaters did it during the Reagan era
and we still can't get birders and other supposed conservation-oriented
outdoors types to do it in 1997? It's disgusting.



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