Number: 1976-12
WHEREAS, a majority of the young people in the United States dwell in urban areas; and
WHEREAS, a majority of young people no longer receive personal field training from members of their own families; and
WHEREAS, many citizens develop a desire to hunt, and to purchase a license to hunt, without the benefit of proper training;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the National Wildlife Federation, in annual meeting assembled March 19-21, 1976, in Louisville, Ky., hereby urges agencies of government at all levels, citizen conservation organizations, educational institutions, and the news media to cooperate in initiating a nationwide hunter education effort to teach young persons and adults hunter safety, ethics, survival, property rights, game identification, wildlife management and conservation practices so as to establish and insure quality hunting for this and succeeding generations and to emphasize conservation as a major part of hunter education.