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Progressive Insurance Sponsors Boat Shows

glbm — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:10:56 +0000

Progressive Insurance

Feb 1 2012

Progressive will have an interactive booth at each of the following NMMA Boat & Sportshows. Stop by to pick up a free gift, take part in boat-related activities and socialize with fellow boaters.

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Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program Recognizes 75 Years of Wildlife Conservation and Partnership Success

glbm — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:44:05 +0000

Wall Street Journal

Jan 18 2012

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) joins the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA), and other partners at the 2012 SHOT-SHOW to announce the start of a yearlong celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program (WSFR), one of the most significant and successful partnership approaches to fish and wildlife conservation in U.S. history.

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Bill In Congress Would Preserve Boating Access

glbm — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:29:11 +0000

Craig Robbins, The Post-Journal

Dec 5 2011

Working waterfronts, those parts of town at the water's edge dotted with marine-dependent businesses such as marinas, boatyards and haul-out facilities, are crucial to recreational boating.

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USA. BoatUS Foundation awards grants for safe and clean boating

glbm — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:57:06 +0000

BYM Product and Industry News

Aug 12 2011

In a unique online voting process that for the first time allowed the public to choose this year's grantees, the BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water has awarded ten community groups grants up to $4,000 each for its 2011 Grassroots Grants program. In the last 23 years, the Foundation has awarded over $1 million to organizations that have developed creative projects to promote safe and clean boating on their local waterways, and this year's winners - from Hawaii to New York - are no different.

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Fans Choose Top 10 Boating Songs

glbm — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:54:00 +0000

Sarah Wyland, Great American Country

Aug 12 2011

Summertime is in full swing and what better way to beat the heat than on a boat with good friends and good music? Discover Boating, the U.S. recreational boating industry’s non-profit awareness program, asked its 195,000 Facebook fans what music best captures time spent on a boat.

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Market recovering for new generation of recreational aluminum pontoon boats

glbm — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:26:42 +0000

Bob Caylor, The News-Sentinel

Jun 13 2011

At Lake Forest, Ill.-based Brunswick's Fort Wayne operations, long known as Harris-Kayot, a slowly recovering demand for a new generation of pontoon boats is powering an upswing in hiring.

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Number of Americans hitting the waterways hit record in '10

glbm — Tue, 24 May 2011 14:44:49 +0000

Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star

May 24 2011

They couldn't scrape up the cash for a cruise to the Caribbean.

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CREATE UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES ON THE WATER DURING NATIONAL FISHING AND BOATING WEEK

glbm — Wed, 18 May 2011 19:23:07 +0000

PRNewswire

May 18 2011

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (May 17, 2011) /PRNewswire/ — The Take Me Fishing™ campaign knows that unforgettable memories are rarely made in front of the TV or while playing the latest video game simulating “real-life.”

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National Safe Boating Week kicks off recreational boating season

glbm — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:12:19 +0000

By USCG / Newswire

May 6 2011

WASHINGTON – Memorial Day weekend typically heralds the beginning of the recreational boating season in many parts of the country. The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is teaming up with other boating safety organizations to take the boating safety message to the public.

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EPA seeks industry input on regulations

glbm — Thu, 05 May 2011 15:14:53 +0000

Beth Rosenberg, Soundings Trade Only

May 5 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Although any regulations are still a few years away, the Environmental Protection Agency wants to know what boaters and the marine industry think about best practices regarding recreational boat discharges.

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Boater Feedback Needed on New Clean Boating Act Management Practices

glbm — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:40:22 +0000

NMMA

Apr 11 2011

Help EPA develop new regulations to manage pollution in our nation's water.

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U.S. bans transfer of live bighead carp

glbm — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:48:25 +0000

Green Bay Press Gazette

Mar 22 2011

The federal government is making it illegal to bring live bighead carp into the U.S. or transport them across state lines. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it's publishing a rule today adding the bighead to a list of species banned under the Lacey Act, which is designed to prevent the spread of species harmful to humans or other wildlife.

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New accessibility regulations include boating facilities

glbm — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:51:04 +0000

Trade Only

Mar 16 2011

Revised regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act, including standards for making boating facilities accessible, went into effect Tuesday. The new rules are the Department of Justice's first major revision of its guidance on accessibility in 20 years.

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Leaders named for Congressional Boating Caucus

glbm — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:48:24 +0000

Trade Only

Mar 16 2011

U.S. Reps. Candice Miller, R-Mich., and Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., will serve as co-chairs for the Congressional Boating Caucus in the 112th Congress. The caucus is an informal, bipartisan group of senators and House members that the National Marine Manufacturers Association formed in 1989 to advocate for the recreational boating industry.

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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Announces Major Boating Grants for Eleven States

glbm — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:49:37 +0000

Mar 16 2011

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today the awarding of more than $13.5 million in competitive grants to 11 states for 16 boating infrastructure projects. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awards these grants, which will help fund construction of docks, boat slips and other facilities to support recreational boating, through the Service’s Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) program.

“The Boating Infrastructure Grant program is one of the many ways we support access and provide quality outdoor opportunities for the nation’s recreational anglers and boaters,” said Secretary Salazar. “These grants also spur major construction projects, creating jobs and providing much-needed economic benefits.”