More than 2 million hunters visit National Wildlife Refuges each year. Hunting, within specified limits, is permitted on more than 300 refuges.
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Previous NextNot every species you encounter in the wild is as loved as the next. The United States Department of Recreation has identified several species that are damaging to America’s ecosystem and needs your help finding them.
Get a handle on damaging species here.More than 66 million people enjoyed watching America’s wildlife each year. The U.S. government has designated over 1,500 state, local and national parks as wildlife watching areas.
Grab your binoculars and find an area near you.The sale of hunting licenses, tags, and stamps is the primary source of funding for most state wildlife conservation efforts. Each year, nearly $200 million in hunters' federal excise taxes are distributed to State agencies to support wildlife management programs, the purchase of lands open to hunters, and hunter education and safety classes.
Find more hunting information here.Oil and natural gas exploration and production accounts for 1.8 million American jobs, directly. Another 4 million jobs are supported indirectly by the industry.
Find out the facts.It’s estimated we spent nearly $340 billion dollars on foreign oil imports in 2008. That’s around $28 billion a month.
Mad Money host Jim Cramer discusses lessening the dependence on foreign oil here.America is swimming in natural gas. Federal lands hold enough natural gas to meet the needs of 60 million households for 160 years. And new natural gas discoveries in America are expected to last well over 100 years.
See the full API report.Federal lands also hold enough recoverable oil to produce gasoline for more than 65 million cars and fuel oil for 3.2 million households for 60 years.
Get more from API here.The rest of the world wants what America has – a high quality of life. By 2050, it’s estimated there will be 9 billion people on the planet. To sustain more people at a higher quality of life, we’ll need to roughly double our current energy production.
Read more from Newsweek.The national recession might wreak havoc on your finances, but it may be the best thing for your overall health.
See the remarkable story here.The U.S. Department of Health and Human services has updated the guidelines for keeping children healthy. What does this mean for your health care provider?
Get the facts here.Not sure which iPhone apps to download?
See some of the top applications for this year here.Tweet Congress is a grass-roots effort to get the men and women of Congress to open up and have a real conversation with their constituents using Twitter.
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