Field and Game Australia (FGA), based in Seymour, Victoria is Australia's leading hunting and shotgun target shooting organisation. It also has a background in wetland conservation and preservation.
FGA's Mission Statement is: Field & Game Australia is a voluntary organisation formed by hunters. We partner with government and the community in the management and sustainable utilisation of Australia's wetlands for future generations by protecting game habitats through conservation. We promote responsible firearm ownership, ethical hunting and clay target shooting.
FGA has always been an advocate of "sustainable utilisation" as the best way to conserve the native flora and fauna of Australia. They believe that as hunters they understand the need for sustainable hunting. FGA volunteers undertake waterfowl counts each year to assist government wildlife managers obtain waterfowl population numbers and locations. These figures are not published but reported to the Hunting Advisory Committee.
Over the years its members have built and organised the construction of thousands of nest boxes across Australia. They are monitored regularly, nesting numbers are recorded, and introduced species are removed. This work has been very successful in breeding birds and educating the wider community of the importance of wetlands and their native inhabitants.
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