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Sportsmen and women are providing a major source, if not all, of funding for America’s wildlife conservation, and for that, we should all be thankful…
This ‘user pays-public benefits’ program directs excise taxes on firearms & ammunition & revenues from hunting & fishing licenses to a fund used specifically for the advancement conservation purposes.
Today, every time you buy hunting and fishing gear, you contribute to fund wildlife conservation. It’s not just funding for huntable wildlife, but for ALL wildlife. And it’s paid for by sportsmen…
Sportsmen and women may be despised by the vocal lunatic fringe, but it is our money via Pittman-Robertson excise tax that is responsible for all that is good about today’s state of wild life and conservation…
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will distribute nearly $1.1 billion in excise tax revenues paid by sportsmen & sportswomen to state fish & wildlife agencies to fund fish & wildlife conservation…
In bipartisan fashion, CSC Senate Co-Chairs, requested the OMB release the sequestered sportsmen trust funds that are derived from excise taxes levied on guns, ammunition, bows & arrows…
Hunters and shooting sports enthusiasts should call their U.S. representatives and senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to safeguard Pittman-Robertson funds for their historic conservation purposes…
The Administration can freeze money but it can’t eliminate funds from the account. The funds will still be held in trust for the states and cannot be used for any other purpose than what is set out for…
In light of the 75th anniversary of the Pittman-Robertson Act, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation honors hunters and the vital role they play in funding wildlife management and conservation…
The measure would give states the flexibility to spend their already-allotted Pittman-Robertson funds to create or improve public shooting ranges…
This bi-partisan legislation would give states greater flexibility in using their Pittman-Robertson funds to establish safe recreational shooting areas…
This bi-partisan legislation will give states greater flexibility in using their Pittman-Robertson funds to establish safe recreational shooting areas…
The largest, most successful wildlife conservation program in the world, the Federal Wildlife Restoration Program, is fueled by hunters…
It’s also not the first time a New York governor has raided —or proposed to raid— the conservation fund. Former Gov. Mario Cuomo, Andrew’s father, raided the fund to the tune of $20 million in 1990…
A new archery range at Rock Hawk in Putnam County is now available for archers, bow hunters, youth groups and others interested in perfecting their target skills…
Firearm and ammunition manufacturers were unfairly mandated to pay their excise taxes biweekly while all other manufacturers paid their taxes quarterly. This was an undue burden on the industry…
Hunters nationwide have contributed more than $6.4 billion dollars to wildlife conservation efforts…
United States Senate passed a major piece of pro-sportsmen legislation yesterday to help firearm and ammunition manufacturers grow business and help strengthen wildlife conservation funding…
This legislation corrects a inequity in the Internal Revenue Code by permitting firearm and ammunition manufacturers to pay the federal excise tax on a quarterly basis, just as other industries…
Firearm and ammunition manufacturers paid $101.7 million in excise taxes in the first calendar quarter of 2010, down 7.38 percent over the same time period reported in 2009…
The United States House of Representative today passed a major piece of pro-sportsmen legislation to help firearm and ammunition manufacturers to grow business and help strengthen wildlife conservation funding…
This legislation corrects a longstanding inequity in the Internal Revenue Code by permitting firearm and ammunition manufacturers to pay the federal excise tax payment on a quarterly basis…
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Tuesday on legislation called the Firearms Excise Tax Improvement Act of 2010…
Rep. Ron Kind, current member and former Co-Chair of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus, recently introduced H.R. 5552 the “Firearms Excise Tax Improvement Act of 2010” to strengthen wildlife conservation funding…
Taxes paid by industry companies to the Pittman-Robertson excise tax is the major source of wildlife conservation funding in America.
