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		<title>Anti-Hunting Groups Hijack Farm Bill to Add Hunting Ban</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2026/03/anti-hunting-groups-hijack-farm-bill-to-add-hunting-ban.html</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Farm Bill is one of the most important pieces of legislation considered by the U.S. Congress. It contains funding and sets policy on items ranging from conservation programs valued by American sportsmen to SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits that help feed low-income families. Unfortunately, thanks to significant pressure from the animal-rights lobby, the Farm Bill just approved by]]></description>
		
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		<title>Judge Rejects Attempt by Extremists to Halt Montana Wolf Hunt</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 09:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bottom Line: Ruling declines preliminary injunction to halt Montana wolf hunt but the lawsuit concerning data-collection methods will continue. The Details: The 1st Judicial District Court of Montana rejected an attempt by animal-rights groups to stop the state’s 2025-26 wolf harvest. On December 19, the court ruled that the plaintiffs did not show the state’s method of estimating its wolf population would cause]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation Enters Fight Over Florida Bear Hunt</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SAF files ‘friend of the court’ brief defending Florida FWC Commission rule authorizing bear hunt On Friday, Nov. 14, the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation filed a friend of the court, or amicus curiae, brief opposing an extremist group’s attempt to halt Florida’s first bear hunt in 10 years. Florida black bears have had a remarkable recovery. They were listed as a threatened]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SCI Seeks to Join Lawsuit Challenging Florida Black Bear Hunt</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2025/10/sci-seeks-to-join-lawsuit-challenging-florida-black-bear-hunt.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This week, Safari Club International filed a legal motion, supported by SCI’s Center for Conservation Law and Education, to intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to nullify Florida’s recently authorized 2025 black bear hunt. The lawsuit, funded by anti-hunters, challenges the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) August decision to authorize this hunt, the first in a decade. SCI]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>RMEF Appeals Northern Rockies’ Wolf Ruling, Calls for ESA Reform</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2025/08/rmef-appeals-northern-rockies-wolf-ruling-calls-for-esa-reform.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 08:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[RMEF Appeals Northern Rockies’ Wolf Ruling, Calls for ESA Reform The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation filed an immediate appeal to a decision by a federal judge that orders the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to reconsider Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for gray wolves in the West. RMEF Appeals Northern Rockies’ Wolf Ruling, Calls for ESA Reform The Rocky]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lansing Judge Rules in Coyote Lawsuit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 08:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today, a Lansing judge issued an opinion in Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC) and Michigan Trappers and Predator Callers Association’s (MTPCA) lawsuit against the Natural Resources Commission (NRC). Judge Cole ruled that the commission acted within their legal authority when they partially closed Michigan’s year-round coyote hunting season in March 2024. We disagree. According to MUCC CEO Amy Trotter, MUCC’s position remains unchanged: the 2024 closure was an illegal]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Manipulating the Endangered Species Act</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 18:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SAF Again Points Out Unsupported Arguments by Animal ExtremistsYesterday, May 21, the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation, along with Safari Club International and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, completed briefing in a trio of lawsuits brought by animal extremist groups to relist wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountain region under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). We’ve doubled down on our ask to the court to issue]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Court rules in favor of federal and state agencies on Mexican wolf management rule</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PHOENIX — The U.S. District Court in Tucson has ruled in favor of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the Arizona Game and Fish Department and against a coalition of plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the FWS’s 2022 Mexican wolf 10(j) management rule for the recovery of Mexican wolves. In reaching this decision, U.S. District Court Judge Scott]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Michigan&#8217;s NRC Votes to Table Partially Closed Coyote Season</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[GW:  This from Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC) Michigan&#8217;s Natural Resources Commission (NRC) tabled a vital order that would have corrected the commissions grievous 2024 error at today’s April meeting at Lansing Community College West Campus this morning.  Up for action was Wildlife Conservation Order Amendment #4 of 2025 (WCO), to reopen the illegally partially closed coyote season to a year-round season.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sportsmen’s Alliance Moves for Summary Judgment in Northern Rockies Wolf Litigation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[GW:  Follow the science until you don&#8217;t like it SAF Asks Court to Send Animal Extremists Packing with Baseless Lawsuit in Tow On Friday, March 7, the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation, along with Safari Club International and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, filed for summary judgment in a trio of lawsuits brought by animal-extremist groups to relist wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountain]]></description>
		
		
		
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