Aloha;

For those who want more statistical information write to:

Division of Federal Aid
U.S. Fish Wildlife Service
Eastside Federal Complex
911 N. 11th Street
Portland, Oregon 97232-4181

Ask for copies of 1996 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife
Associated Recreation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, November, l997,
Wash. DC, 163 pages

(The same for State of Washington booklet, April 1998, 79 pages)

1996 National and State Economic Impacts of Wildlife Watching.
Arlington, Va. April 1998, 11 pages

Quick Facts from the 1996 National Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Wash. DC, 6 pages

The Economic Contributions of Bird and Waterfowl Recreation in the
United States During 1991. Southwick Associates, Arlington, Va. 1995, 27
pages

A whale of a lot of data and statistics about the economics as well as
demographics about wildlife watching, fishing and hunting.
That should really give you something to chew on.

Remember - Money is Power and The Wheel That Squeaks Gets The Grease.
It's that simple as any politician will tell you - in their usual round
about way.

I may be old and in poor health, but I still believed in what I was
doing for the benefit of wildlife besides just looking at them. You have
to fight for them so your children and grandchildren can eventually
enjoy them. e.g Trumpeters and Tundras as Skagit Flats, Sandhills at
Othello, Sandpipers at Ocean Shores, etc., etc.. Instead of just talking
to yourself.

Gene Kridler
Ye Olde (80) Broken Down (Yep) Bugologist
Sequim, Wa, ekridler at olympus.net