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Refuge hunting access just hit a record 92 million acres under the 2026 final rule. See what changed and how to check your station before opening day.
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If you’re spring breaking on the Florida coast, please remember: The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) reminds people they can help protect vulnerable nesting sea turtles and waterbirds this spring and summer while visiting Florida’s coastal habitats. Nesting season has started for both sea turtles and waterbirds in the Sunshine State. Because Florida’s…
It’s one of the most beautiful places in America, if not on Earth … A stunningly scenic 507-acre swath of rich wildlife habitat in southern Wyoming is conserved thanks to a collaboration between a conservation-minded family and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. “We recognize and appreciate Dennis and Cathy Faerber, long-time RMEF partner-landowners, for entering…
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…
Pope and Young, America’s leading bowhunting conservation organization and advocate for fair-chase hunting, has a new strategic conservation partnership with Howl for Wildlife … and you can be part of that partnership, too. Howl for Wildlife is a groundbreaking conservation organization that allows the user to reach out to the correct governing authorities on attacks…
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…
They make the world’s biggest, finest revolver and the Tommy Gun … they can make your weekend, too! It’s back and bigger than ever! Kahr Firearms Group–the parent company behind Magnum Research and Auto-Ordnance–is once again hosting its “Rod of Iron Freedom Festival” at the Greeley, PA, Kahr Headquarters facility. From October 7-9, an all-star…
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…
Editor’s note, 22 September 2026: this article was published on 2022-07-19 and describes an offer or giveaway that ran then. It has ended — check current pricing and availability with the retailer before acting on anything below. Swimming, boating, fishing, and adventuring … we love Orange Beach! Right now, we’re running a giveaway that we’ve…
