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Interior proposed shifting grizzly bear management to Western states July 14, 2026. What the 4(d) rule means for hunters — and the Aug. 17 comment deadline.
Read More →Wildlife, habitat and access. Agency rule changes, disease management, funding and land decisions, covered for what they mean to the people who hunt and fish.
Can you tell the difference between a hoax and a legitimate sighting? These people couldn’t … Cougars. Mountain lions. Catamounts. America’s apex predator could once be found from sea to shining sea, but overhunting and habitat loss supposedly eliminated them almost entirely from the Eastern states. Emphasis on “supposedly.” The states’ residents know better; highly…
We all know that state wildlife agencies fib about the presence of mountain lions. If you live in a state that used to have a population of cougars and still has a lot of suitable cougar habitat, then you know the story: Your state wildlife agency is swearing up and down that there are no…
As part of the NWTF’s recent $360,000 investment into wild turkey research, a Texas Tech project in Texas’ Edwards Plateau seeks to understand the factors leading to diminishing habitat for Texas Rios and correlate them with the increasing dip in harvest rates. The findings will ultimately help the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department implement scientifically backed management to boost…
It started with a simple paperwork error … Three men were charged with more than 100 wildlife violations in one of the largest poaching cases in Wyoming history. The felony and misdemeanor charges were the result of a seven-year, multi-agency investigation spanning four states and involving thousands of hours of investigations and efforts by state…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service and the National Wild Turkey Federation recently signed a landmark 20-year national master stewardship agreement. This first-of-its-kind agreement paves the way for these partner organizations to work together to address the wildfire crisis in the West and promote healthy forests across the U.S. It also includes an initial…
The main thing to know about bears is that they are Nature’s Sherman tanks. Over, under, around, or through: If a bear wants to get there, it will. With autumn approaching, the nation’s black bears are more active in search for food, and they’re very serious about it. The problem with that is that, although…
The Klamath Basin is dry! For the first time in history, America’s first National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) established for waterfowl conservation purposes by Theodore Roosevelt is a barren wasteland. Millions of migratory waterfowl, shorebirds and other essential wildlife species will not have anywhere there or at neighboring Tule Lake NWR to rest, refuel and prepare…
Truth is, all of America is “bat country.” Here’s what to do if you find one in your home … You might associate bats with fall and the Halloween season, but you shouldn’t be surprised if you find one in your home during the summer months. At this time of year, baby bats (called pups)…
“Poop sniffing dogs, who knew?” America’s wild sheep are an important public resource, but they’re susceptible to diseases caught from domestic livestock and other wild animals. The latest tool in the conservationist’s toolbox turns out to be that puppy who wants walkies … and when you think about it, it makes perfect sense (of smell)….
Some encouraging news today from the U.S. House of Representatives … Whether or not you think this legislation we’re discussing today is the right thing for America’s wildlife conservation efforts, the word “bipartisan” has become rare in our discourse of late, and today’s biggest news is possibly the fact that we’re getting to deploy it….
Over the last few months, a virus called HPAI has been killing wild birds. It is now killing mammals. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently confirmed that three red fox kits died from highly pathogenic avian influenza – the state’s first such confirmation of the HPAI virus in wild mammals. The fox kits, collected…
Just about a year ago, Utahns spotted a wolverine in their state–and, remarkably, the Utah DWR didn’t try to deny that what they were seeing was in fact a member of the species Gulo gulo. As we noted at the time, it’s standard operating procedure for most fish and game services to hotly deny that…
