We don't seem to be losing them here in Maine. I recently (finally) was able to take my hunter's safety course at the age of 30. I had been a truck driver for years before and hadn't had the time to hunt. After leaving the business taking my course was the first thing I did.
Most of the people in my class of 60 were aged 15 or under. More than half, anyway. We even had a group of schoolkids who sat at the front table. They asked most of the questions, and made the class fun. They also seemed to now the answers to more of the instructors questions than the rest of us, but that is a tale for another day. [&:]
There were only a few in the class that were my age or older. And our instructors implored us to spread the word to others, so that our sport may continue to grow and expand in future generations.
By the way, all of those kids passed easily. And not one of them needed an oral exam.