Fish & Wildlife

All Americans benefit from healthy and accessible fish and wildlife populations. The League was founded by 54 sportsmen that wanted to pass abundant opportunities to hunt, fish, and enjoy nature to future generations. We still have work to do to secure a better future for America’s fish and wildlife. Threats like habitat loss, climate change, habitat degradation and fragmentation, disease, pollution, and invasive species threaten hard earned recoveries of America’s fish and wildlife populations and require innovative solutions to increasingly complex problems.

For nearly a century, funding for the conservation and restoration of our country’s wildlife has come from the sale of hunting and fishing licenses, as well as excise taxes on sporting goods, primarily firearms, ammunition, and fishing tackle. However, in the face of a growing population, that demands ever more resources and urbanization of America leading to shrinking participation in hunting, the League recognizes that new funding sources for fish and wildlife conservation are needed.