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 Disabled Sportsmen’s Access Act
The Paralyzed Veterans of America spearheaded the passage of the Disabled Sportsmen’s Access Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-261). This new law establishes “a mechanism by which outdoor recreation programs on military installations will be accessible to disabled veterans, dependents with disabilities, and all others with disabilities.” These outdoor recreational opportunities will allow access to nearly 30 million acres of military lands for such sports as “fishing, hunting, trapping, wildlife viewing, boating, trapping, and camping.”
PVA is also committed to support the 37 Action Points agreed upon at the 2000 National Shooting Sports Foundation Summit. Specifically in regards to: “Support and expand existing programs to enhance the opportunities and enjoyment of the shooting sports by the physically challenge…”
As a way to support these initiatives PVA is donating a variety of adaptive outdoor equipment to military installations and state wildlife agencies. PVA views adaptive equipment as the critical bridge between accessibility and participation in traditional outdoor sports for the physically challenged.
To date the following have received various types of adaptive equipment:
Alabama Department of Conservation
Arizona Game and Fish Department
Arkansas Department of Game and Fish
Camp Lejeune, NC
Colorado Department of Natural Resources
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Eglin AFB, FL
Fort A.P. Hill, VA
Fort Benning, GA
Fort Bragg, NC
Fort Custer, MI
Fort Hood, TX
Fort Leonard Wood, MO
Fort Sill, OK
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Little Rock Air Force Base
MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL
Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, SC
Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Missouri Department of Conservation
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Naval Air Station Meridian, MS
Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown, VA
New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Noxubee Wildlife Refuge
Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Redstone Arsenal, AL
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Townsend Bombing Range, GA
Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries
West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
Wyoming Fish and Game
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