Wildlife Legacy Stamp
Sometimes we are on the verge of throwing up our hands at the enormity of conservation issues in contrast to the puny efforts that we see ourselves putting forth. We often ask ourselves: “but what can I do? Well, here is an idea: buy the new Ohio Wildlife Legacy Stamp.
You now can click here to order the Wildlife Legacy Stamp from CA!
No tax money is used to conserve, restore and manage Ohio’s wildlife and wildlife habitat. Birding meccas like Killdeer Plains, Big Island and Magee March are supported partly by license fees paid by hunters and fisherpersons. Other sources of support are donations (such as the income tax checkoff) to the Ohio Wildlife Diversity Fund, and the purchase of wildlife license plates featuring the cardinal, bald eagle or other wildlife.
The brand-new Wildlife Legacy Stamp is another opportunity. I’ll let the Ohio Division of Wildlife speak for itself: If you believe in a healthy and diverse wildlife population then you should buy this stamp.
If you enjoy feeding birds, photographing wildlife or find satisfaction in knowing wildlife is being managed then you should buy this stamp.
If you are committed to ensuring your children and children’s children inherit a wild Ohio then you should buy this stamp.
What sorts of activities can be funded? habitat restoration, land purchases, conservation easements, keeping common species common, preserving endangered and threatened species, educational products for students and wildlife enthusiasts, wildlife and habitat research projects – the list can go on and on.
The stamp is available at the GIAC gift shop and at many other locations throughout the state. Please seriously consider buying the stamp, and then advertise the opportunity by dangling it from your binocular strap or your jacket zipper or belt loop or (in my case) coffee cup.
Talk about it with your friends. The stamp retails for $ 15.00; if 2,000 Columbus Audubon members each buy one, that’s $ 30,000 – enough to stock a library, buy a bog, plant thousands of nectar-yielding flowers, and put binoculars in the hands of disadvantaged children.
-Dave Horn (some material shamelessly plagiarized from ODNR)
