Hunting in America is big business, generating more than $67 billion in economic
output and more than one million jobs in
the United States according to the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Read more about the economic impact of hunting: http://www.fishwildlife.org/files/Hunting_Economic_Impact.pdf
New York State is considered part of the Atlantic flyway in North America. Generally birds do not fly directly across Lake Ontario's 60 miles of open water, but skirt the edges.
One of the most moneyed pockets of support for 'restoration of wetlands' is Ducks Unlmited, a national organization with 600,000 members and based in Tennesee. The DU members are hunters who believe in conservation and now 'restoration' of wetlands. Buoyed by the hundreds of millions of dollars being handed out by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, DU has been awarded grants in New York State.
Among the projects funded by GLRI is one located at Braddock Bay. "The conservation methods proposed at Braddock Bay FWMA and Lake Shore Marshes WMA [eastward to Oswego area along L. Ontario] have been successfully implemented in other parts of the Lake Ontario basin to improve fish and wildlife habitat. Preliminary results of projects on French Creek WMA, Lakeview Marshes WMA, and on private lands in Jefferson County show positive ecological benefits from channel and pothole excavation in cattail stands," says Ducks Unlimited.
"DU received funding for this project through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, North America Wetlands Conservation Act, and private donations from Constellation Energy. Partners include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New York Department of Environmental Conservation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Great Lakes Basin Fish Habitat Partnership, Fresh Water Futures, Friends of Montezuma Wetlands Complex, Montezuma Audubon, Town of Greece, the Nature Conservancy, Braddock Bay Fish and Wildlife Management Area Committee, Town of Greece Parks, and Lake Plains Waterfowl Association." Read more about what DU is pushing in NYS: http://www.ducks.org/new-york/du-to-restore-lake-ontario-wetlands-in-new-york
New York State is considered part of the Atlantic flyway in North America. Generally birds do not fly directly across Lake Ontario's 60 miles of open water, but skirt the edges. One of the most moneyed pockets of support for 'restoration of wetlands' is Ducks Unlmited, a national organization with 600,000 members and based in Tennesee. The DU members are hunters who believe in conservation and now 'restoration' of wetlands. Buoyed by the hundreds of millions of dollars being handed out by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, DU has been awarded grants in New York State.
Among the projects funded by GLRI is one located at Braddock Bay. "The conservation methods proposed at Braddock Bay FWMA and Lake Shore Marshes WMA [eastward to Oswego area along L. Ontario] have been successfully implemented in other parts of the Lake Ontario basin to improve fish and wildlife habitat. Preliminary results of projects on French Creek WMA, Lakeview Marshes WMA, and on private lands in Jefferson County show positive ecological benefits from channel and pothole excavation in cattail stands," says Ducks Unlimited.
"DU received funding for this project through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, North America Wetlands Conservation Act, and private donations from Constellation Energy. Partners include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New York Department of Environmental Conservation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Great Lakes Basin Fish Habitat Partnership, Fresh Water Futures, Friends of Montezuma Wetlands Complex, Montezuma Audubon, Town of Greece, the Nature Conservancy, Braddock Bay Fish and Wildlife Management Area Committee, Town of Greece Parks, and Lake Plains Waterfowl Association." Read more about what DU is pushing in NYS: http://www.ducks.org/new-york/du-to-restore-lake-ontario-wetlands-in-new-york
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