[TN-Bird] Re: Interesting statistics
- From: Carole Gobert <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <roi@xxxxxxxxxx>, Tennessee Bird List <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:09:48 -0400
The link I posted in my previous message is not directly from the Watchable
Wildlife web site (though that's where I found the link). There is more
information on the Watchable Wildlife website, including what projects have
been funded by the endowment fund. Here's a better link:
http://www.tnwatchablewildlife.org/endowmentprojects.cfm For those of you not
familiar with that site, you should check it out.
Carole Gobert, Knoxville
> From: cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: roi@xxxxxxxxxx; tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Interesting statistics
> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:48:14 -0400
>
> According to the Watchable Wildlife web site:
>
> The Watchable Wildlife Endowment Fund was established by the Tennessee
> General Assembly in 1994, as part of legislation establishing the Watchable
> Wildlife specialty license plate, or ?Bluebird Plate?. Since 1994, more than
> 200,000 Bluebird Plates have been purchased by Tennesseans, which has built
> the Fund?s principal balance to more than $5 million. Only the interest from
> the Endowment Fund may be spent, and funds must be spent on projects in
> support of Tennessee?s more than 1,000 species of nongame and endangered
> wildlife, and to benefit watchable wildlife in perpetuity.
> At present, the Fund generates approximately $136,000 in interest annually,
> which may be spent on watchable wildlife projects. Since the Fund?s
> establishment in 1994, more than $1 million in interest has been available to
> fund watchable wildlife projects across Tennessee.
>
> http://www.state.tn.us/twra/fundfaqs.html
>
> Carole Gobert, Knoxville, TN
>
> > From: roi@xxxxxxxxxx
> > To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Interesting statistics
> > Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:16:20 -0400
> >
> > The following is quoted from TN.GOV website in regard to Tennessee's
> > Bluebird Tags:
> >
> > "Watchable Wildlife - This plate is available to Tennessee residents who are
> > registering a private passenger motor vehicle. The annual fee is $56.50 and
> > $30.75 of the additional $35 collected is allocated to the Watchable
> > Wildlife Endowment Fund to be used exclusively for the preservation of
> > non-game and endangered wildlife species. The plate can be personalized with
> > 5 characters available for a total fee of $91.50."
> >
> > I wonder how many of these are on the road and what the annual funding is?
> >
> >
> >
> > Roi Shannon
> > Flat Mtn
> > Bledsoe County
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Melinda Welton
> > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 5:01 PM
> > To: tnbird
> > Subject: [TN-Bird] Interesting statistics
> >
> > Dear all
> > I'm still getting a lot of emails about the proposed Sandhill Crane hunt
> > from the general public as well as from birders. The public comment period
> > for the hunt has not yet been announced. I've been invited to a meeting at
> > TWRA on Tuesday and will share what I learn.
> >
> > In preparing for that meeting, I re-read the report of the "2006 National
> > Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation for
> > Tennessee" and the trend in favor of more and more people watching wildlife
> > is impressive!
> >
> > Of the 2.8 million residents and non-residents that participated in wildlife
> > related activities in Tennessee in 2006:
> > 31% Fishing
> > 12% Hunting
> > 84% Wildlife Watching!
> > (they add up to more that 100% because some folks did more than one
> > activity)
> >
> > Wildlife Watchers are behind in per-capita spending, but the totals are
> > still impressive:
> > $600 million spent by Fishers
> > $488 million spent by Hunters
> > $992 million spent by Wildlife Watchers in Tennessee!
> >
> > The trends are even more surprising.
> > For state residents in the last 10 years:
> > Hunting is down 25%
> > Wildlife Watching is up 81%
> > Hunters spent 50% less (not statistically significant)
> > Wildlife Watchers spent 65% more (not statistically significant)
> >
> > For state residents in the last 5 years - 2001 to 2006:
> > Hunting is down 10% (not statistically significant)
> > Wildlife Watching is up 93%!!!!!
> > Hunters spent 35% less (not statistically significant)
> > Wildlife Watchers spent 112% more!!!
> >
> > The 21st Century is bring TWRA a very different looking constituency. We
> > need to find a funding source that matches this new reality - the Bluebird
> > license plate is clearly insufficient.
> >
> > Melinda Welton
> > TOS Conservation Policy Committee
> > Franklin, TN
> >
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> ------------------------------
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> Cleveland, OH
> -------------------------------
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> Rosedale, VA
> --------------------------------
> Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan
> Clarksville, TN
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first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation.
You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds
you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should
appear in the first paragraph.
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Rosedale, VA
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