NEWTOWN, Connecticut-- When a target shooter purchases a box of ammunition or a hunter a new deer rifle, wildlife in America benefits.

Every sportsman and woman contributes to a system that has been responsible for supporting healthy wildlife populations of both game and non-game species for the last 70 years.

The contributions, in the form excise taxes paid on sporting firearms, ammunition and archery equipment, benefit every state and have generated approximately $5.6 billion for wildlife conservation since 1939. The contribution for 2009 is a record -- nearly $336 million, according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, which recently announced the Wildlife Restoration apportionment.

Introduction to IDPA Clinic

Date: March 14, 2009
Time: 9:30am - Finish
Location: Pickaway County Sportsman Range - 8100 East Route 22, Circleville Ohio 43133
Cost: $10.00 -- Free for Ladies and Juniors (12 - 18)

Deer and Turkey Expo

Date: March 20-22, 2009
Time: Fri 2pm-9pm, Sat 9am-7pm, Sun 9am-4pm
Location:Bricker Building -Ohio Expo Center(State Fairgrounds, 717 E. 17th Ave, Columbus, OH 43211
Cost: Adult 1-Day $10.00, Adult 2-Day $17.00, Adult 3-Day $23.00, Youth (6-11) $3.00, 5 & Under FREE

See our Events page for more details and other scheduled events.