Category: Wildlife

Goldfinch

FoodSaver® GameSaver® Asks Amateur Cooks ‘What’s Your Game Plan?’

BOCA RATON, FLA. – It’s game on for outdoor food connoisseurs around the country. To launch the new FoodSaver® Outdoors Facebook page, cooks are being asked to submit their favorite wild game and fish recipes in the “What’s Your Game Plan?” sweepstakes and contest now through April 8. The Grand Prize winner will appear on the popular outdoor cooking television show “HuntFishCook,” hosted by Scott Leysath, and receive $500 cash. Read more

General, Wildlife

DNR’s 2013-2017 Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan approved by National Park Service

  The Department of Natural Resources today announced the National Park Service has approved the department’s 2013-2017 Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP). With this important approval in place, the state of Michigan and its partners throughout local units of government are now eligible to receive funding under the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) program for the acquisition and development of outdoor recreation resources. Read more

Wildlife

Anti-Dove Hunting Bill Introduced in Iowa

Just two years after establishing a dove hunting season, Iowa sportsmen again find themselves facing its threatened closure.  Animal rights and anti-hunting groups, upset over the newly created season, are pushing Iowa House File 291, sponsored by Representative Mary Mascher (D-Iowa City).  The measure would ban mourning dove hunting in the state by removing them as a game bird from state law. Read more

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New Report Shows Hunters as Economic Force

Amidst attacks on hunting by the animal rights movement, a new report issued by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) reveals the many benefits of hunting to America’s economy.

The report, called Hunting in America: an Economic Force for Conservation, was compiled by Southwick Associates.  It focuses on the growth of hunting in America and the sizeable impact American sportsmen have on our economy.

According to the report, the number of adult hunters in the U.S. has increased over the past five years by nine percent to 13.7 million license buyers.  In addition, the report estimates that there are another two million youth hunters across the country. Read more

Ammunition, Animal Rights, Gun Control, Hunting, Wildlife ,

World’s Largest Convention On Wildlife Trade Rejects Polar Bear Trade Ban

Bangkok, Thailand –  A six month diplomatic initiative by the U.S. State Department and the Department of the Interior to list the polar bear as an endangered species under Appendix I of CITES failed today. The 178 nations that are Parties to the CITES Convention decided that the U.S. proposal lacked the necessary scientific basis for such a listing and was merely a political move requested by the highest levels of the US government. The stakes involved included the right of indigenous peoples to trade in polar bear and to sustainably use the species as a critical wildlife resource. Read more
Animal Rights, Hunting, Wildlife
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