Safari Club Boosts HHP’s Conservation Efforts

The Safari Club International Foundation (SCIF) has announced that it will contribute $250,000 to the Hunting Heritage Partnership (HHP), a program of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). The donation increases annual grant money available by 50 percent, from $500,000 to $750,000 to address critical issues affecting the future of hunting. The Hunting Heritage Partnership awards annual grants to individual states for new projects aimed at the successful recruitment and retention of hunters.

States and local grassroots partners provide funds and/or in-kind services to match the critically needed HHP funds. "This is one more way to highlight that hunters, including Safari Club members, give to conservation on many levels," said SCIF President Dennis Anderson. "From their contributions that support the SCIF’s global activities, to their local chapter conservation projects, to their support of game and fish agencies through the purchase of licenses and hunting gear.

SCIF is looking forward to building upon our conservation and education work through this collaboration with NSSF and the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Doug Painter, NSSF president, expressed the appreciation of the Foundation: "We are delighted to have SCIF as a major new partner in the Hunting Heritage Partnership. Their generosity is taking the program to a whole new level.

In just a few years, HHP has gained national recognition as one of the key efforts in the country to increase hunting opportunities and access at the local level. We couldn’t be more pleased that SCIF is joining with us to help state wildlife agencies across the country "open the door" for both today’s and tomorrow’s hunters. To date the HHP has awarded more than $2.1 million to state agencies, with positive and tangible results for hunters and conservation.

To learn more about HHP and its impact, visit SCIF leads the way in protecting the freedom to hunt and in promoting wildlife conservation worldwide. For more information on SCIF, go to Need Some Extra Cash? If you would like to turn your gunsmithing ideas and expertise into cash (we pay pretty handsomely), I would like to discuss your article ideas with you. Contact me, Keith Lawrence, Editor, at: American Gunsmith, Merritt Island, FL 32954; voice fax Editor Keith Lawrence Technical