Newtown, Conn. The National Shooting Sports Foundation has awarded the DNR a $15,000 grant from its Hunting Heritage Partnership to fund a public service announcement radio campaign.

Minnesota’s PSA radio campaign will promote hunting in the state with the goal of increasing hunter participation. The campaign will emphasize the benefits of hunting as well as the resulting conservation impact of sportsmen and women. An estimated 1.6 million Minnesotans fish and nearly 600,000 hunt, resulting in $2.17 in spending in the state.

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