Fish and Wildlife Conservation Leaders Call for $1.3 Billion Annual Investment for States

A 21st Century Vision for Investing in and Connecting People to Nature

March 2, 2016 (Washington, DC) – A group of energy, business and conservation leaders today released their recommendations on how to avert the growing endangered species crisis in this country. The Blue Ribbon Panel on Sustaining America’s Diverse Fish & Wildlife Resources determined that utilizing a portion of revenues from energy and mineral development on federal lands and waters to fund state-based conservation could address conservation needs for thousands of species. An annual investment of $1.3 billion from these development revenues into the currently unfunded Wildlife Restoration Program would allow state fish and wildlife agencies to proactively manage these species, reducing taxpayer costs and the regulatory red tape that comes when species are listed under the federal Endangered Species Act.

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Wildlife

U.P. Focus: Panel discussion on U.P. emerald ash borer quarantine extension airs this weekend

GW:  The only good thing about these destroyers of our indigenous ash hardwoods is that they’ve supplied many with a readily available supply of firewood.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has announced broadcasts of WNMU-TV13’s “Media Meet” discussion on a recent quarantine extension in the Upper Peninsula for the emerald ash borer airs this weekend.

The program with DNR staff and host Bill Hart focuses on what landowners with ash trees can doA photo shows the metallic green-colored emerald ash borer. now as the infestation moves across the region, information on how the beetle was introduced to Michigan and what the outcomes have been. The program will initially air at 6:30 p.m. EST Saturday, March 5 and be rebroadcast at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 6. Read more

Wildlife

The Link to Conservation through Sportsmen

MISSOULA, Mont. – With the bipartisan passage of HR 2406, the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act, in the House of Representatives today, the Boone and Crockett Club reflects on the importance of conservation legislation.  Notable conservation legislation includes:

  • Yellowstone Protection Act of 1894
  • Organic Act of 1897, establishing national forests
  • Lacey Act of 1900, end of commercial market hunting
  • National Wildlife Refuge System Act of 1903
  • Migratory Bird Act of 1913
  • Agriculture Adjustment Act of 1933, the first Farm Bill
  • Duck Stamp Act of 1934, wetland and waterfowl conservation funding
  • Pittman-Robertson Act of 1934, conservation funding
  • Wilderness Act of 1964
  • Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968
  • Endangered Species Act of 1973
  • Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003
  • Sportsman Heritage Act of 2011
  • Making Public Lands Public of 2013

 

The Club and many other conservation groups support the SHARE Act for its pro-sportsmen’s titles that will help ensure outdoor hunting traditions are preserved, protected and promoted. Read more
Hunting, Wildlife

Obama administration officials use pseudonyms in work emails

This from John Lott, Jr.

Eric Holder joins Lisa Jackson, Lois Lerner, Obama administration in gun control push, Labor Department officials, and many others in the administration in using a pseudonym in emails and Twitter to hide their identity.  Obviously, Hillary Clinton hid her information from Freedom of Information Act requests in other ways.  From Fox News:

Former Attorney General Eric Holder not only used an email alias to conduct formal agency business, but appropriated the birth name of one of his idols, NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, according to the Department of Justice.

“I was floored,” said investigative journalist Jason Leopold, who received a batch of “heavily redacted” documents through a FOIA lawsuit this week. At the top was a letter, announcing that “emails in the enclosed documents which use the account name ‘Lew Alcindor’ (Abdul-Jabbar) denote emails to or from Attorney General Eric Holder.”

“It was incredible,” said Leopold, who was seeking DOJ emails regarding a request for the agency to open a probe into charges that the CIA had been spying on the Senate intelligence committee staff. Leopold broke the story about the bizarre Holder-Alcindor alias for VICE News on Thursday.

“People may say, ‘what’s the big deal?’ but this is so important,” Leopold tells FoxNews.com. He insists that using an alias might complicate document searches, pointing out that the emails he received don’t even mention Holder’s name.

“It raises the question of whether they are trying to thwart public records requests and the Federal Records Act. It just seems shady.” . . .

General

Thompson Gold and Chrome Versions of the “Chicago Typewriter”


IGreeley, PA – Auto Ordnance is proud to introduce an exciting and classy look to their century-old Thompson, historically referred to as the “Chicago Typewriter”. The Thompson 1927A-1 semi-automatic carbine is now offered in a Titanium Gold finish and also a Polished Chrome.Either of these time-honored reproduction semi-auto carbines will undoubtedly impress your friends when you take it out to the shooting range. These guns are offered in .45 ACP and have a 16.5″ finned barrel (18″ with compensator), with a 1 in 16 right-hand twist. The frame is constructed in steel with either a Titanium Gold finish or a Polished Chrome finish. The gun weighs 13 lbs. and has an overall length of 41″. Other features include a pinned in front blade and an open rear adjustable sight. The stock is fixed and is made from luxurious American Walnut and has a vertical foregrip. These two new models each ship with one 50-round drum and one 20-round stick magazine. The magazines too are plated in either polished gold or chrome. Read more
Firearms

New 2016 Barnes VOR-TX Offerings


Mona, UT – Barnes Bullets, LLC (“Barnes”) the leader in bullet innovation and performance, is adding three loads to the VOR-TX ammunition lineup and new 300AAC Blackout and 450 Bushmaster components for handloaders.The VOR-TX line extensions will bring three new loads to the Barnes VOR-TX family – A 308 Win. load featuring the proven 130 grain TTSX bullet, a 300 Winchester Magnum load with a new 190 grain LRX bullet, optimized for long range performance, and finally, a 35 Whelen load featuring the field-proven Barnes TTSX 200 grain projectile.

For handloaders, Barnes will now offer the 300 AAC BLK 120 grain TAC-TX BT bullet, previously only available in VOR-TX ammunition. Also available for the first time, Barnes will offer a 275 grain TSX FB bullet specifically designed for 450 Bushmaster platforms. Both of these components offer the discerning handloader the opportunity to fine-tune and optimize their 300 AAC Blackout and 450 Bushmaster ammunition. Read more

Ammunition

Michigan NRC Commends SCI Foundation on White-tailed Deer Research


Washington, DC – Joseph Hosmer, President, Safari Club International Foundation (SCI Foundation), announced that The Michigan Natural Resource Commission adopted a resolution on February 11, 2016, commending years of research supported by SCI Foundation showing that white-tailed deer survival in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (UP) region is dependent on suitable wintering habitat. As a result of these findings, the state is now moving to improve the UP’s winter deer habitat to increase deer survival.
In 2014, Michigan created the Upper Peninsula Habitat Work Group (UPHWG), a collection of wildlife experts, natural resource professionals, private landowners and sportsmen to apply SCI Foundation’s research findings to habitat management. Drawing upon nearly a decade of research, the UPHWG is now tasked with updating forest management plans to ensure high quality winter habitat conditions are available to deer. Read more
Hunting, Wildlife

Nightforce Optics Announces Precision Tactical 2 Rifle Match

Nightforce Optics is excited to announce the inaugural Nightforce Precision Tactical 2 Rifle Match. This competition will be a blend of the rifle component of 3-Gun and target engagements known to competitors of the Precision Rifle Series (PRS). The match is to be held August 27-28, 2016 across the expansive natural terrain of the NRA Whittington Center in Raton, NM. Running the match are Denise and JJ Johnson, who have much experience from running the world famous Rocky Mountain 3 Gun match.

The match format will consist of 10 stages, with shooters running both a carbine and precision rifle on each stage. Close to 300 yard targets will be engaged with the carbine, while precision rifles will engage steel to 1000 yards. Estimated minimum round counts will be 200rds from the carbine and 100rds from the precision rifle. Read more

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