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9/5/2007 (888) EXPO-WYO 
Contact: Wendy Hayes, (307) 777-4542 Wyoming Expo Cited For Helping Spur National Outdoor Education Movement CASPER –In its first decade Wyoming’s Hunting & Fishing Heritage Expo has become a national model for educational efforts to preserve America’s outdoor heritage. Its role in advancing this cause will be praised at the Expo Award's Banquet on Saturday, September 8th by board members from Weatherby Foundation International (WFI). “We are grateful to the Wyoming Fish and Game Commission for their work in helping pioneer the expo as an educational event for youth and families,” said Craig Boddington, WFI board president. “Their work, together with similar efforts in Texas, has been a guiding force in our resolve to foster the growth of expos nationwide. Boddington and Weatherby’s Executive Vice-President, Sean Duffy will attend this year’s expo to participate in a media-celebrity pentathlon on September 8th. That evening, the Foundation will present the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission with two youth rifles to be used in educational and hunter safety programs. Each year, the Foundation awards Wyoming with a $5,000 underwriting grant. Wyoming has received ten such grants since the agency helped introduce WFI to the expo concept in 1998. “Our mission is to educate the non-hunting public on the beneficial role of ethical sports hunting and its contribution to wildlife conservation,” Boddington said, “and helping expos grow has proven to be both a fitting and practical way to do this.” He gave this summary of WFI's current expo program activities: • In 2008, the Foundation will provide grants and organizational support to outdoor expos scheduled in 18 states. • As of 2007, more than a one-half million people, primarily youth and families, will have attended expos for which the Foundation has helped organize and sponsor. • By 2012, projections are that more than 30 states will hold outdoor expos with over one-half million participants, designed to educate youth and families • To ensure expo growth nationwide the Foundation has developed a comprehensive planning guide and funds an active workshop program. Dave Lockman, who retired in 2003 as education supervisor for Wyoming Game and Fish Department, and manager of the Wyoming Expo, directs these workshops. Lockman co-authored the expo-planning guide and has been instrumental in the success of WFI's expo program. Weatherby Foundation International was established in 1988 in memory of Roy E. Weatherby (founder of Weatherby, Inc.). For more information about the Foundation and its support of outdoor expo programs access www.weatherby-foundation.org, write the Foundation at P.O. Box 1027, Turlock, CA 95381, or call (209) 634-4400. The Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions are deductible. -WGFD- ### Click Here To Return To The Previous Page |
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