A panel of fisheries experts recently selected winners of the Shimano Varsity scholarship program, including current college students and graduating high school seniors who are avid anglers and interested in pursuing careers in conservation and natural resources management.
Selection panelists included Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) Senior Fisheries Program Director Chris Horton and CSF Board of Directors Member Phil Morlock of Shimano, among other conservation leaders.
“As a leader in the sportfishing business, we join our friends at B.A.S.S. in addressing the critical decline in professional natural resource managers who fish, all in hopes that the future of the recreational fishing industry is based on sustainable use and proper management of our public lands and waters,” said Morlock.
Awards of $3,000 were presented to nine students from both the United States and Canada.
Studies conducted at both the state and federal level have found that the number of hunters and trappers have been on a generally declining trend over the past several decades. To increase recruitment, retention, and reactivation (R3) of hunters and trappers, which initiative do you think would have the greatest impact?
