Lead By Example: Take the #ResponsibleRecreation Pledge
The Coronavirus pandemic may still be ongoing, but as state stay-at-home orders lift one by one, more and more people are heading outside to enjoy what’s turning into a beautiful May all across the country. Experienced outdoorsmen know that camping, hiking, backpacking and hunting are the original “social distancing” measures; after all, it’s a lot easier to stay 6 feet away from everyone when you have infinite outdoor space to do it! That said, we all know that some of the folks eagerly embracing the fresh air and sunshine they’ve been longing for aren’t exactly old hands…and that’s why we’re happy to see the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP) launching the #ResponsibleRecreation pledge, which encourages Americans to enjoy outdoor recreation while adhering to proper COVID-19 safety protocols.
Outdoor television personalities, gear makers, and conservation-minded decision-makers are already embracing the pledge. What’s more, while many of the organizations involved in spearheading the #ResponsibleRecreation pledge have their own interests—namely, hunting, fishing, or shooting sports—the hope is to engage anyone who wants to enjoy the outdoors safely and responsibly. They’re asking that outdoor enthusiasts share how we are recreating responsibly, challenge our friends to do the same, and use the campaign hashtag across social media.
Conservation leaders at the National Wild Turkey Federation, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, Trout Unlimited, Pheasants Forever, and Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies all helped design and are promoting this campaign. These groups are encouraging Americans to take advantage of our country’s numerous opportunities to recreate on public lands and waters, while maintaining proper social distancing and adhering to other best practices in line with recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
“Whether participating in hunting, fishing, shooting sports, or numerous other outdoor activities, individuals and families are getting outside as a means of coping with the challenges of this health crisis,” says Whit Fosburgh, TRCP’s president and CEO. “The conservation community recognizes that this is a privilege, one that sportsmen and women take very seriously. Just as we’ve stepped up to fund conservation efforts and recover at-risk species, hunters and anglers have yet another opportunity to lead by example and ensure that outdoor recreation can continue to delight and facilitate healing for anyone who ventures outside.”
Visit responsible-recreation.org to learn more.
The BIG Question that has gone Unanswered- WHY did we Shut down the Government on THIS epidemic? It’s NOT a Pandemic and that became obvious almost as soon as the Facts started to unfold-about the middle of February. We have a CDC (center for disease CONROL) that was opened in 1946 for PREVENTING Malaria from spreading across the US. and was situated in Alanta GA. the current year budget is 8,279,599.00 which is EIGHT Billion, two hundred seventy nine Million, five hundred thirty nine thousand and covers among other things [Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases ;HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STI & TB PREVENTION; Emerging and ZOONOTIC Infectious Diseases; Chronic Disease PREVENTATION & health Promotion; Birth Defects, Developmental Disabilities, Disability & Health; Environmental Health; Injusr Prevention and Control; Oublic Health Scientific Services: Occupational Safety & Health; Global health; Public Health Preparedness & response; Cross Cutting Activities and Program Support; Building and Facilities Seems to me the CDC has Dropped the ball and is basically in Cahoots with the WHO [World Health Organization which was TELLING the World There WAS NOT a problem the Virus was just a minor outbreak and this was AFTER Trump had shut down travel FROM china and was labeled the usual slurs the Left uses to denigrate the POTUS. BTW the WHO leader is not a Doctor but a OPERATIVE in the POCKET of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party). I’m not usually a conspiracy believer but something smell like Collusion between the CCP & WHO and by fiat CDC. NOT an ECONOMIST in the bunch and all the while America is spending Billions for the CDC ( which has FAILED in it’s mission) and Millions to WHO which it seems is just a political arm of the CCP. A Google Search ( if you MUST) of World disease deaths all the way back to B.C. will show many instances where Millions have died and never have we SHUT DOWN the Economy. I’m sick of the Pundits trying to SELL TESTING as something other than what it actually does–It tells if you are or are not infected TODAY but does nothing about Tomorrow. HOPING for a Vaccine ? I’m still waiting on one for AIDS, H1N1,Bird Flu, Ebola OR how about that virus that causes the Common Cold? CDC is IMHO just another Bureaucracy Run Amok. Give a Bureaucrat and INCH and they will take a Thousand Miles!
Then we have that PESKY Constitution to deal with? Sorry Girls I fully intend to EXERCISE my Bill of RIGHTS to the fullest–Call Me Selfish–I call me defending the Oath I took in 57 to Protect and DEFEND the Constitution against ALL Enemies Foreign and DOMESTIC. SCREAMING ON PURPOSE! SOMEONE HAS TO TAKE A STAND.
How’s it feel to be a useful idiot?
How about the government and media tell THE TRUTH about Chinken Pox, how, where, what, who to avoid and how to mitigate and “allow” us to take care of ourselves, as many of us have been doing for some time, all without gov. approval – imagine that!
We’ve been hiking trails since they’ve opened again and with no exceptions, EVERYONE has practiced safe hiking.
You give people too little credit.
Sorry, but I agree with Jimbo. Why are all these organizations jumping on the band wagon and supporting and calling something a privilege, when in fact, they are trouncing all over our constitutional rights. I know that there is a virus and it is real, but so were all the other flu’s and viruses we have all survived over the past two-hundred plus years.
God help us and the Greatest country in history. May we get some common sense back into America, I pray.
Wow, I never realized it was a privilege to go outside and not be locked in my home. I guess it’s good that our overlords have emptied the jails. Now there is more room to imprison all the fools who don’t follow social distancing and those worthless non-essential people who think they have a right to earn a living.