Conservation

In our hunting and fishing worlds, many outdoor topics, issues and problems affect our outdoor pursuits. This category will reflect a varied list of news pieces to report on the overall outdoor industry.

2021 accomplishments
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Elk Network 2021 Accomplishments

February 5, 2022 Bill Schwarz Comments Off on Elk Network 2021 Accomplishments

As the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation looks to advance conservation with its 2022 mission work, it looks back on a year of conservation accomplishments. “From completing the first phase of a landscape-scale conservation and access […]

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Go Slow—Whales Below

January 24, 2022 Bill Schwarz Comments Off on Go Slow—Whales Below

You can help save endangered North Atlantic right whales by slowing down to 10 knots or less in waters where they are likely present. Collisions with vessels of all sizes—from recreational boats to large ocean-going […]

Possum on a Half Shell
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Possum on a Half Shell

July 19, 2019 ODU Admin Comments Off on Possum on a Half Shell

What do possum on a half-shell, Texas speedbump, and pocket dinosaur all have in common? They’re all the same animal – the nine-banded armadillo. These mammals, known for being common roadkill and a property pest, […]

1st Reintroduced Salmon Return
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1st Reintroduced Salmon Return

July 19, 2019 ODU Admin Comments Off on 1st Reintroduced Salmon Return

California salmon reintroduced to their historic habitat as juveniles are, for the first time, returning to their home rivers to spawn. Their journey home demonstrates that fish reintroductions can successfully return Golden State salmon to […]

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Forage Fish Conservation Act Would Help Protect Ocean Food Webs

April 12, 2019 ODU Admin Comments Off on Forage Fish Conservation Act Would Help Protect Ocean Food Webs

To strengthen protections for fisheries and promote responsible management of forage fish, National Wildlife Federation supports new bipartisan legislation. These populations—which include herring, shad, anchovies, and sardines—are critical to marine ecosystems, from larger fish to […]

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Male killer whales more frequent hunters

February 28, 2019 ODU Admin Comments Off on Male killer whales more frequent hunters

NOAA Fisheries researchers examining the diving behavior of endangered Southern Resident killer whales have found that male killer whales hunt more often than female whales do and that, despite their name, killer whales do not […]

The Conservation Fund Acquires 18,000 Acres In West Virginia
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The Conservation Fund Acquires 18,000 Acres In West Virginia

January 2, 2019 ODU Admin Comments Off on The Conservation Fund Acquires 18,000 Acres In West Virginia

Two Weeks ago, The Conservation Fund announced its purchase of 18,778 acres of forestland—an important step toward significantly increasing public access for hunting and wildlife-associated recreation in northwestern West Virginia, while benefiting threatened and endangered […]

Helping The Smalltooth Sawfish
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Helping The Smalltooth Sawfish

December 1, 2018 ODU Admin Comments Off on Helping The Smalltooth Sawfish

The smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) once roamed throughout the Gulf of Mexico and along the East Coast, but now calls South Florida, particularly Everglades National Park, home. Smalltooth sawfish were protected under the Endangered Species […]

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Atlantic Right Whales – NOAA Update

November 16, 2018 ODU Admin Comments Off on Atlantic Right Whales – NOAA Update

Why is the endangered western North Atlantic right whale population growing far more slowly than those of southern right whales, a sister species also recovering from near extinction by commercial whaling?  NOAA Fisheries researchers and […]

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The Marine Debris Team Strikes Again

September 27, 2018 ODU Admin Comments Off on The Marine Debris Team Strikes Again

An estimated 52 metric tons (115,000 pounds) of derelict fishing gear collects on the shallow coral reefs and shores of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands every year. Since 1996, our marine debris team has removed 848 […]

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20 eastern indigo snakes just released

July 24, 2018 ODU Admin Comments Off on 20 eastern indigo snakes just released

Twenty federally threatened eastern indigo snakes have just been released in northern Florida at The Nature Conservancy’s Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve (ABRP)as part of a collaborative endeavor to return the native, nonvenomous apex predator […]

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A Wolverine’s 15 Minutes of Fame

June 20, 2018 ODU Admin Comments Off on A Wolverine’s 15 Minutes of Fame

High altitudes. Lots of trees. Deep snow. Frozen animal carcasses. No people. These are a few of a wolverine’s favorite things. And for one particular wolverine in Wyoming, being on camera rounds out the list. […]

Hawaii Sea Turtle Killing leads to Arrest
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Hawaii Sea Turtle Killing leads to Arrest

May 30, 2018 ODU Admin Comments Off on Hawaii Sea Turtle Killing leads to Arrest

Officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) arrested 32-year-old Bronson Nakaahiki of Kekaha, Kaua‘i after witnesses reported seeing him allegedly slice a threatened Green sea turtle’s throat and then harvest meat […]