Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Bloomfield, Missouri - The Bloomfield Public School system received a total of $3,000 to cover the cost of archery equipment for their National Archery in Schools Program that was recently implemented.
The Missouri Department of Conservation granted the district $1,000 along with $1,500 that was awarded by the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) Superfund. The local chapter of the NWTF, the Crowley's Ridge Limbhangers also donated an additional $500.
“The National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP®) was developed to serve these specific educational and conservation purposes. NASP® was co-created by the Kentucky Departments of Fish & Wildlife Resources and Department of Education and Mathews Archery in the late summer and fall of 2001. The program was launched in 21 Kentucky middle schools on March 3, 2002.”
"Wildlife Conservation agencies are concerned too many young people are forgoing learning outdoor skills that will inspire them to spend more time with wild things in wild places. Natural resource professionals are convinced learning target shooting skills will result in character and self-reliance development that will serve the future of wildlife conservation well," according to NASP.
