3-165C Solicitation to Participate - Wings from Woodcock, Band-

United States Department of the Interior
FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
Division of Migratory Bird Management
11510 American Holly Dr., Laurel, MD 20708
1-800-419-2965 (phone) 301-497-5981 (fax)

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JOHN Q PUBLIC
1881 WATERFOWL SURVEY DR.
LAUREL, MD 20708

Dear John Public:
On behalf of all supporters of wildlife, thank you for participating in the Harvest Information Program snipe,
rail, coot, and gallinule harvest survey last hunting season. The valuable information that you provided helped
us to estimate the total harvest of snipe, rails, coots, and gallinules in the United States. Results of our harvest
surveys will be available in late July and can be accessed at:
http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/NewReportsPublications/HIP/hip.htm.
We are asking for your help again this coming season. Each year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also
conducts the Migratory Bird Parts Collection Survey, in which we ask selected hunters to send us one wing
from each woodcock, rail, and band-tailed pigeon that they shoot during the hunting season. Volunteering to
send us these parts from the birds that you bag will provide us with more crucial information.
Biologists will examine your specimens to determine the bird’s species, age, and sex. We will send you a report
with your results next spring. This information is vital for helping us better manage our migratory bird
resource. For example, the specimens that hunters contribute will allow us to estimate the number of young-ofthe-year birds that were harvested, which tells us how successful the birds were during the nesting season.
If you will be able to send us wings from the birds that you bag, please provide the information requested below
and return this letter in the postage-paid envelope. Please return it by 7/7/2017, so that we can send your
postage-paid wing envelopes in time for the hunting season.
If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected], or call us at
1-800-419-2965 between 7:00 am and 4:00 pm, Eastern time. Again, thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Kathy Fleming
Chief, Branch of Harvest Surveys
In accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C 522a) and the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501), please note the following information. The information that you provide will be used for estimating migratory bird hunter activity and harvest in the United States.
It is our policy not to use your name for any other purpose. All names and identifying information will be removed when we compile the results and only summary information will be reported. Information is maintained in accordance with the Privacy Act. Your
response is voluntary. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to information collection unless it displays a current, valid OMB control number. This information collection has been approved by OMB and assigned the clearance
number 1018-0023. We estimate that it will take you about 0.5 minutes to read the instructions and check the box at the bottom of the letter. Comments on this form should be mailed to the Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 5275
Leesburg Pike, MS: BPHC, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803.

Form 3-165C
Rev 06/12

0MB No. 1018-0023
APPROVAL EXPIRES XX/XX/XXXX

____ Yes, I will be able to send you one wing from each woodcock, rail, and band-tailed pigeon that I shoot this
upcoming hunting season.
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