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In what year did Congress pass the Pittman-Robertson Act to fund wildlife restoration?

1937.

  1. 1937 ✔
  2. 1900
  3. 1973

Why: The Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act, called Pittman-Robertson, passed in 1937. Hunters and the firearms industry backed it, and it still funds state wildlife work today.

Huh, didn't know that: Congress approved it on September 2, 1937.

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Sources

  1. USFWS Wildlife Restoration Program https://www.fws.gov/program/wildlife-restoration
  2. South Carolina DNR: Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration https://dnr.sc.gov/wsfr/index.html

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