WHEREAS, Idaho has a rich heritage and history of hunting, fishing and trapping that makes Idaho a unique region in our country; and
 

        WHEREAS, Idaho is virtually unmatched its ability to provide sportsmen with abundant wildlife and habitat to hunt, fish and trap; and
 

        WHEREAS, conservation is critically important to ensuring that future generations can enjoy and participate in Idaho’s treasured hunting, fishing and trapping traditions; and
 

        WHEREAS, hunters, trappers and anglers are vital to Idaho’s conservation efforts by employing ethical and legal methods of take, by providing financial support for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, and by providing information about how to make regulations more effective;
 

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim January 17, 2008, to be

 

IDAHO’S HUNTING HERITAGE DAY

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at Boise, Idaho, on this 10th day of January in the year of our Lord two-thousand and eight and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-second and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred eighteenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE