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		<title>SCI Applauds Executive Order Directing Review of Gray and Mexican Wolf ESA Listings</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Safari Club International (SCI) applauds today&#8217;s Executive Order directing the U.S. Department of the Interior to evaluate whether gray wolves and Mexican wolves should remain listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). For decades, SCI has advocated that recovered wolf populations should be managed by the states rather than under continued federal protection. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hunter Nation Celebrates Trump Executive Order to Delist the Gray Wolf from the Endangered Species Act</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[MISSION, Kan. — Today, Hunter Nation, Inc., the nation&#8217;s leading grassroots advocacy organization dedicated to preserving America&#8217;s hunting heritage, celebrated President Donald J. Trump&#8217;s landmark Executive Order taking the first step towards delisting the Gray and Mexican wolf from the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Executive Order recognizes the biological reality that gray wolf populations have far exceeded all federal]]></description>
		
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		<title>SCI and Litigation Partners Defend Continued Delisting of Recovered Wolves in the Western U.S.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Building on over 20 years of support for science-based management, Safari Club International (SCI) and its litigation partners continue to defend the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service&#8217;s decisions in federal court. SCI, Sportsmen&#8217;s Alliance Foundation, and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation filed their final brief in three consolidated cases challenging the Service&#8217;s denial of petitions seeking to restore Endangered Species Act]]></description>
		
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		<title>Senate Effort to Return Wolf Management to States Blocked</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Monday afternoon, the U.S. Senate came close to recognizing the conservation success of gray wolves. After decades of recovery efforts, wolf populations have exceeded recovery goals and now thrive across the lower 48 states, Canada, and Alaska. Yet federal protections remain in place after years of litigation overturning science-based delisting decisions. SCI thanks Senator Ron Johnson for his leadership]]></description>
		
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		<title>Farm Bill Alert! Animal-Rights Amendments Coming in Senate!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, Aug. 5, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry will mark-up Committee Chairman Senator John Boozman&#8217;s (R-AR) draft text for his proposed Farm Bill. Importantly, after tireless advocacy by the Sportsmen&#8217;s Alliance, its members and affiliates, and strong Congressional leadership, anti-hunting language that was amended into the House Farm Bill previously was removed and is absent from the Senate draft.]]></description>
		
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		<title>SCI Disappointed Senate Wolf Delisting Effort Blocked, Urges Senate to Take Up S. 1306</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Safari Club International (SCI) expressed its disappointment after an objection by Senator Cory Booker prevented the Senate from advancing an effort to remove gray wolves from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and return management authority to the states. Gray wolf recovery represents one of the nation&#8217;s greatest conservation success stories. After decades of conservation efforts, wolf populations have far exceeded]]></description>
		
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		<title>NSSF-Opposed Oregon Anti-Hunting Ballot Initiative Fails</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An Oregon anti-hunting ballot initiative opposed by NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, failed to gather enough certified signatures to be considered by voters. Oregon&#8217;s Initiative Petition 28 (IP 28), called the &#8220;People for the Elimination of Animal Cruelty Exemptions (PEACE) Act,&#8221; was proposed to prohibit and criminalize hunting, trapping and livestock production. The proposed ballot initiative was disqualified by]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anti-Hunting Groups Hijack Farm Bill to Add Hunting Ban</title>
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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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