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Sportsman’s Warehouse Conservation Efforts Preserve National Landscapes

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

WEST JORDAN, Utah, Oct. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPWH), https://www.sportsmans.com , announced today that they successfully concluded their annual nationwide Maintain the Terrain events with employee and community volunteer participants from across the U.S.

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  • WEST JORDAN, Utah, Oct. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPWH), https://www.sportsmans.com , announced today that they successfully concluded their annual nationwide Maintain the Terrain events with employee and community volunteer participants from across the U.S.
    “As a specialty outdoor retailer who connects people to nature, it’s important we do our part to give back and help preserve the land we all love and use so much,” said Shane Miller, Senior Vice President of Store Operations.
  • “Partnering with local Parks and Recreation, Game and Fish Departments, the Department of Wildlife Resources, and Boy Scouts of America, local volunteers, together with our store associates, spent thousands of hours cleaning up various community trails, riverbanks and shooting ranges nationwide.”
    This public land restoration and conservation project yielded the following results:
    Nearly 700 volunteers in 137 locations across the country participated;
    Overall, participants spent hundreds of hours filling trash bags and removed approximately 7,600 pounds of trash and debris.
  • Among other activities, volunteers rebuilt stairs to popular hiking trails, built and replaced all targets on a local archery range and restored a national monument.
  • “These nationwide Maintain the Terrain events give us the opportunity to meet others in the local community who share a love of the outdoors and remind us to be better stewards in conserving and preserving the environment and wildlife around us on a regular basis,” concluded Mr. Miller.

Garden & Gun Announces Second Annual Champions of Conservation Honorees

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Monday, September 18, 2023

CHARLESTON, S.C., Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Garden & Gun, in partnership with Explore Asheville, unveils this year's Champions of Conservation in the October/November issue on newsstands today. Following a 2022 debut, Garden & Gun's Champions of Conservation program celebrates and salutes leaders and innovators whose groundbreaking work and environmental projects are making a Southern impact.

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  • Following a 2022 debut, Garden & Gun's Champions of Conservation program celebrates and salutes leaders and innovators whose groundbreaking work and environmental projects are making a Southern impact.
  • After months of extensive research, the Garden & Gun editorial team hand-selected each champion with help from a panel of conservation experts.
  • To celebrate the 2023 Champions of Conservation, Garden & Gun and Explore Asheville invite guests to the Blue Ridge Mountains on Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. for Cocktails and Conservation – a cocktail reception and thought-provoking discussion hosted by DiBenedetto.
  • "Explore Asheville is proud to present Garden & Gun's 2023 Champions of Conservation.

The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund Announces its 2022 Grant Recipients

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund (the Fund) today announced the recipients of its 2022 grants.

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  • The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund (the Fund) today announced the recipients of its 2022 grants.
  • The 2022 Enviva Forest Conservation Fund grant recipients include:
    The Tar River Land Conservancy: Tar River Land Conservancy aims to purchase the Bowers Tract, consisting of 244 forested acres and 60 acres of agricultural upland fields.
  • The Endowment continues to support the efforts of the Enviva Forest Conservation Fund.
  • The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund is a $5 million, 10-year program established by Enviva in December 2015 to protect environmentally sensitive bottomland and wetland forests.