Program:

Through outreach programs encourage and promote:
 · Parents;
 · Grandparents;
 · Uncles, aunts, cousins
 · Friends of the family
 · Qualified mentors and volunteers
to engage and enroll kids ages 6 through 17 in the programs teaching fishing and hunting skills, knowledge and safety and providing the physical and intellectual environment to practice taught skills and knowledge in a recreational setting particularly with family support members in the “outdoors”.

Values:

· Introduce to young kids ages 6 through 17 classic values of nature learned in the outdoors while fishing and/or hunting as a focus for their energies and assisting their personal development by answering some of their questions as they come of age and at that critical time influence their lives for the future positively;

· Fishing and Hunting are lifelong recreational interests, skills and appreciation;

· The role of sportsmanship and conservation in the outdoors is essential to preserving our natural resources;

· Being proactive in protecting natural resources and the outdoors environment is achievable through being proactive in fishing and/or hunting;

 · Environmental issues at the grass roots level are directly effected by the practices and role of hunters and anglers;

· Family relationships can be enhanced through learning about and appreciation of the outdoors, thus creating a great common bond that lasts a lifetime.

Challenges:

· Decreasing numbers of youth being introduced to fishing and hunting in America in proportion to population growth.

 · Increasing costs associated with accessing productive fishing and hunting environments.

· Shrinking access to land with productive fishing and hunting capacity.

· Urban growth increases the logistical problems of going hunting or fishing.
 
· Competition for recreational interest (fishing and hunting) time availability for young people. Team sports such as baseball, football, basketball and soccer get more time (days and hours) than family activities such as fishing and hunting.
 
· Need to increase girls’ entryways to fishing and hunting.

· Large numbers of single parent family units, often with moms with no hunting or fishing experience themselves.

· Ethnic and cultural differences in how children are brought up with regard to fishing and hunting.

· Our social melting pot is changing with major increases in America’s population being from ethnicities, cultures and societies that traditionally do not have an appreciation or understand the relevance of the historical pioneer American cultures and values for fishing and hunting.

Societies’ Stakeholders in the Mission:

· Current and future anglers’ and hunters’ rights, privileges, benefits and rewards.

· Family cohesiveness and appreciation brought about through shared experiences in the outdoors and nature’s wonderment.

· Wetlands preservation

· Grass lands preservation

· Forest preservation

· Federal Bureau of Fish and Wildlife
 
· State Parks and Wildlife Agencies
 
· Numerous environmental causes, foundations, and educational programs (i.e. Ducks Unlimited, CCA)

· Supporters of the Second Amendment of the United States of America’s Constitution.

Financial and Economic Stakeholders in the Mission:

· Current and future anglers and hunters relevant to the expenses, license fees, permits, access costs they incur now and for the future.
 
· Land owners
 
· Guides
 
· Fishing and hunting camps, bait stores, outfitters, game processors, taxidermist, local cafes and meeting places serving outdoorsmen and women, etc.

· Retailers of fishing and hunting equipment and apparel
 
· Manufacturers of fishing and hunting equipment and apparel

· State departments of parks and wildlife management and environmental regulations.
 
· States and Counties that realize major revenues from fishing and hunting
 
· Recreational vehicles, pickups, campers, boats & motors and ATV’s

· Repair and maintenance facilities supporting recreational vehicles, etc.

· Outdoor sports entertainment, radio, TV, and magazines.

· Trade shows