The Boone and Crockett Club today endorsed the nomination of Aurelia Skipwith as the new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director. Skipwith, an attorney and scientist, currently serves as deputy assistant secretary for fish, […]
Every year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reviews hunting and fishing programs on National Wildlife Refuges to determine whether it should add new opportunities and modify existing opportunities. This year, the Service has proposed […]
For his last hurrah before departing office, outgoing U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Director Daniel Ashe released USFWS Directors Order 219, expanding the use of nontoxic ammunition and fishing tackle. Dallas Safari Club (DSC) […]
The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho is working to revive the only herd of caribou living in the the lower 48 states. The tribe is developing a recovery plan for the South Selkirk Mountains herd as […]
Wearing a battery-powered electro-shocker on his back, Josh Newhard came up short as he waded knee-deep in Buffalo Creek to probe for any eels lurking under rocks or along its banks. “Well, that’s something we […]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeking Comments From Businesses Regarding the Import and Export of Wildlife Specimens – On November 1, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a notice in the federal register […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is again seeking public and scientific comment on its proposal to list two minnows, the headwater chub and a distinct population segment (DPS) of the roundtail chub in […]
DSC is dissatisfied with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) final rule pertaining to management of wildlife in Alaska’s National Wildlife Refuges. The ruling takes away Alaska’s authority to set predator control regulations and […]
They say a picture is with worth a thousand words. The lands and waters conserved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service within the National Wildlife Refuge System are among the most picturesque natural places […]
New hunting and angling opportunities on national wildlife refuges provide increased public access for sportsmen during a time when access is shrinking, said Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, commending a decision by the U.S. Fish and […]
I have a service dog who helps me with various everyday tasks like picking things up, pushing buttons, carrying my lunchbox and pretty much anything else you can think of. Fame is awesome. The U.S. […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed initial reviews for 29 petitions to list or delist species under the Endangered Species Act. The following is a summary of the petition findings for species that […]
We welcome today’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to return the Yellowstone grizzly bear to state management as a recovered species. Restoring the bear to this point is a high achievement of state, federal, […]
Efforts to conserve a key cold-water fish species got a boost today when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) released the final Bull Trout Recovery Plan, which outlines the conservation actions needed to recover […]
Many times in my U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service career I’ve pinched myself to make sure I was not dreaming. My first trip to Frye Mesa Reservoir in the Coronado National Forest in southeastern Arizona […]
In a continued run of good luck for waterfowlers, breeding ducks reached a record high in 2015 following several consecutive years of exceptionally wet weather in the Prairie Pothole Region. According to the U.S. Fish […]
A spending plan for the Interior Department and related agencies for fiscal year 2016 was advanced by the Senate Appropriations Committee this week, but the future of the bill – and consequently the ability of […]
Over the past two years the North American Deer Summit has met twice to address issues facing deer and deer hunting. The first Summit spawned the National Deer Alliance (NDA) which led to the most […]
A decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to expand hunting and angling opportunities on 21 national wildlife refuges across the country drew praise from Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, which works on increasing sportsmen’s […]
New statistics recently released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) show hunters and anglers generated $1.1 billion in 2014. That funding will be distributed to state and territorial fish and wildlife agencies to […]
Animal-rights group PETA is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop a management hunt that scientists say would benefit endangered rhino populations both biologically and financially. Against a torrent of death threats,
Ultimate Upland founder Brian Koch partnered with author and outdoor columnist Christine Cunningham to introduce a petition for the first federal stamp for upland habitat conservation. Koch and Cunningham co-authored the article, “It’s Time for […]
After reviewing extensive public comments, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed its evaluation of proposed changes to its Mexican wolf reintroduction program in Arizona and New Mexico that will allow greater flexibility to […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) on a proposal to implement a 5-year action plan for […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has rejected the claim that the African lion merited listing as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. After a long and comprehensive review of the species […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission are requesting assistance with an investigation involving the suspected illegal take of a radio-collared red wolf that was recently found dead. The federally […]
Today we hear from Tannar Francis, a Pathways student working in our fisheries program in Maine. Tannar shares his story of passion and commitment to fisheries conservation, and his journey in following his dream to […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today it will re-open the public comment period on its proposal to designate 546,335 acres of critical habitat for the western population of yellow-billed cuckoo in 80 separate […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it will wait until after mid-term elections to “re-evaluate” a controversial new policy on elephant hunting. But conservation groups including Dallas Safari Club (DSC) worry that political gamesmanship […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has made available a preview of a new study regarding traditional ammunition and mortality of bald eagles in the upper Midwest that has led to news stories misleading the […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service (together, the Services) – the two federal agencies responsible for administering the Endangered Species Act (ESA) – today […]
Missoulian reported: The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted new administrative rules for killing wolves that pose a threat to landowners’ safety on Thursday. The rule change stemmed from a bill the Legislature passed in […]
The President’s Fiscal Year 2015 discretionary budget request supports $1.5 billion in programs for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an increase of $48.8 million over the 2014 enacted level to fund the agency’s high […]
1st reported by the Missoulian: The roomful of biologists had lots of funny ideas why Ethyl the grizzly bear logged 2,800 miles arcing from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, past Florence and Missoula and eventually up to […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD) released a pair of Mexican wolves into the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area of Arizona on Thursday. In a separate […]
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation fully supports an announcement by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to delist gray wolves in the continental United States. “We applaud this decision by the U.S. Fish and […]
A coalition of groups trying to halt wolverine trapping in Montana filed a lawsuit Thursday that aims to provide new protections for an animal scientists warn will be imperiled by climate change in coming decades. […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week announced the opening of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in Michigan to migratory bird hunting, upland game hunting and big game hunting for the first time, […]
Court records indicate that Tennessee resident William “Spook” Spann, 49, was charged in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan. on Sept. 6 with transportation of wildlife from Kansas to Tennessee that he allegedly obtained […]
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has topped $400,000 in grants and pledges to advance the science of wolves, wolf interactions with elk and other wildlife, and wolf management overall. The total includes more than $200,000 […]
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