Pittman-Robertson Act Helps Non-game Species

The Pittman-Robertson Act sets an excise tax of 10 to 11 percent on the sale of guns and ammunition that has been paid by manufacturers at the wholesale level for 80 years. Proceeds protect game species and their habitats, helping bring deer and elk back from the brink in areas in the East.

But the funds also have provided refuge to many non-game species, like the Karner blue butterfly, as science writer Christie Ashwandan explains in one of the best articles in some time on this genuine American success story. Read about it here. —courtesy NSSF