Conservation education central to habitat preservation effort

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Jason Selvog, farm bill biologist with Pheasants Forever, believes that sportsmen make some of the most effective conservationists.

“Two of the most famous are Aldo Leopold and Teddy Roosevelt,” said Selvog in a recent Pope County Tribune (Minnesota) article. According to Selvog, there are thousands of hunters willing to “contribute time, energy, knowledge, and money toward a conservation goal. That goal may be habitat, wildlife, or education, but it's all conservation.”

Pheasants Forever is a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection and enhancement of pheasant, quail, and other wildlife populations in North America. With over 100,000 members nationwide, local chapters carry out local wildlife habitat improvement projects and promote public awareness of land management and wildlife protection practices and programs.

The organization has many partners with common interests and goals centered around natural resource conservation. For example, Pheasants Forever has partnered with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Board of Water and Soil Resources.

“The purpose of the program is to promote and implement conservation programs that result in more acres of grass and wetlands for water quality and wildlife habitat,” explains Selvog. …