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City of Fort Collins PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the Mule Deer Foundation is a non-profit conservation organization dedicated to
stopping the decline of the deer in the West; and
WHEREAS, the mission of the Mule Deer Foundation is to ensure the conservation of mule and
blacktail deer and their habitats through education, member involvement and funding conservation
programs; and
WHEREAS, the goals of the Foundation are:
to restore, improve and protect mule deer habitat resulting in self-sustaining,
healthier,free ranging and huntable deer populations; and
to encourage and support responsible wildlife management with government
agencies, private organizations and landowners; and
to promote public education and scientific research related to mule deer and
wildlife management; and
to support and encourage responsible and ethical behavior and awareness of
issues among those whose actions affect mule deer; and
to acknowledge regulated hunting as a viable component of mule and blacktail
deer conservation; and
to influence public policy for the benefit of'mule and blacktail deer conservation.
NOW, THEREFORE, 1, Ray Martinez, Mayor of the City of'Fort Collins, do hereby proclaim
Saturday, March 16 as
Mule Deer Awareness Day
in the city of Fort Collins.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort Collins
this Sth day of March, A. D. 2002.
Mayor
• ATTEST.-
City Clerk
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