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I previously posted the initial solicitation, here is a second message below from RM. Anyone send anything yet, I made some suggestions, will post below when I get some time... Thanks to all who have posted comments on www.improvingthenationalsurvey.com. Your input is invaluable and will be part of the process of redesigning the 2016 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation. For the rest of you, there’s still time! Come give us your thoughts and your reactions to the many comments we’ve received, including: “As the hunting public's interests change, sampling should change along with it so that we are not left with numerous five-year periods of *sample size too small....If you know that you are having sampling issues given your funding, your first step should have been to solicit extra funding from that state to increase your sampling efforts to generate meaningful statistics.” “As with any ongoing project such as the National Survey, I think it would be to useful revisit the original purpose(s) of the survey, and determine whether these have changed. Has the survey morphed beyond its original intent?” “There is a real need to unite the hook and bullet crowd and the ‘non-consumptive’ folks. I would love for this report to begin tracking overlap in those activities: how many birdwatchers hunt? Fish?” “If further cuts are needed, we suggest reducing the wildlife viewing section as this community is not paying for the Survey. We need to keep those who pay for the survey top-of-mind.” If you like the Survey the way it is, come to www.improvingthenationalsurvey.com and tell us what shouldn’t be changed. If you’ve had any problems with the Survey, come to www.improvingthenationalsurvey.com and be part of the solution. It only takes a few minutes, and it makes a big difference. Thanks for contributing to this important effort. Sarah Butzen Responsive Management 130 Franklin St., Harrisonburg, VA 22801 540-432-1888 [email protected] http://www.responsivemanagement.com