I was interested in WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, and I chose Georgia because they supposedly had a good forestry school. I figured it MIGHT be easier to get good grades there, too, because a lot of SOUTHERN kids would come up to school in New Jersey, and they'd always be a LITTLE behind, so I figured maybe I wouldn't have to work so hard.
Read MoreBy 1939, the Depression was back. UNEMPLOYMENT was HUGE. Roosevelt didn't have any quick fix. Remember, the New Deal, Works Progress ADMINISTRATION, and CIVILIAN CONSERVATION Corps - all that happened years before. Roosevelt was riding a storm.
Read MoreHere are the FACTS we confront. No one is against CONSERVATION. No one is against ALTERNATIVE FUEL SOURCES.
Read MoreOn a local level, hunters in states around the COUNTRY have PROVIDED BILLIONS of dollars for CONSERVATION efforts. Money collected from hunting license sales, taxes on ammunition and firearms and other hunting equipment often goes directly to properly maintaining land and conservation efforts.
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