National Wildlife Federation conference highlights concerns

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By BRANDON BUTLER
Driftwood Outdoors
Posted Jul. 2, 2016 @ 10:00 am

Conservationists and wildlife enthusiasts from across the country gathered in Estes Park, Colorado for the 80th annual meeting of the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), June 16-18 ...

The NWF was formed in 1936 when Jay “Ding” Darling, a Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, convinced President Franklin Roosevelt to convene more than 2,000 hunters, anglers and conservationists from across the country ...

Protecting national public lands from politicians who are hoping to sell them off for a short-term financial gain was a major emphasis of the meeting ...

Chad Karges, manager of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge .. addressed the crowd ... He explained .. how the occupation of the refuge actually took place, and how militants from numerous anti-government militias have embedded in the communities surrounding Malheur .. though local residents have .. expressed the militias are not welcome there. Karges was pleased with the way local, state and Federal agencies worked together to end the occupation. He said their plan all along was to wait out the terrorists, minimize risk for loss of life, and not help them build support for their cause ...

http://www.lakenewsonline.com/news/20160702/national-wildlife-federation-conference-highlights-concerns

[Person 2713]

1. NWF member here ..support them people if you can . They sell cards and clothes if you don't to just

give $. You could use as a gift and help out
http://www.shopnwf.org/On-Sale/index.cat?&sSource=GoogleAdwords_Toggle&kw=TOG_ShopNWF_NWF_Brand_Exact%7CNWF_Exact&gclid=CLuCn-ah1s0CFQcKaQodz1wKjw

Now more than ever with growing number of Bundy types plus corporations , we need to protect our public lands

Thanks
good read for The 4th of July weekend