Supporting Group News Tips

The Department of Defense (DoD) is this year’s recipient of the Presidential Migratory Bird Federal Stewardship Award, in recognition of their multi-year Migratory Linkages of Burrowing Owls on Department of Defense Installations and Adjacent Lands project.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the approval of more than $25 million in federal grants and Federal Duck Stamp revenues to protect, restore or enhance thousands of acres of wildlife habitat in the United States and Mexico for the benefit of shared migratory bird populations.

New Berlin, WI – (May 22, 2013)- Sportsman Channel, a leader in outdoor TV for the American Sportsman, is pioneering again in the industry launching outdoor TV’s first-ever live on-air social media feed that will populate viewers’ Memorial Day dedication messages from Twitter using #SPORTSMANHEROES. The content will stream on-air live via ticker throughout the network’s eight-hour long NRA Guns & Gold Marathon, which celebrates “Firearms & Freedom,” beginning at 5pm ET/PT on Monday, May 27, exclusively on Sportsman Channel.

BISMARCK, N.D. – For 75 years, science has been the cornerstone of Delta Waterfowl. Research shapes the conservation programs and management policies that help put more ducks in the air, year after year.

WASHINGTON – At its spring meeting, the board of directors of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership elected David Perkins, vice chairman of The Orvis Company, to chair the TRCP board.

Overland Park, Kan.- Bushnell Outdoor Products, an industry-leader in high performance sports optics for 65 years, has introduced a new line of NatureView binoculars. Designed for wildlife and nature enthusiasts, the NatureView product line includes six binoculars, with a combination of porro and roof prism configurations and mid- and full-size models.

Alexandria, VA – The International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades, better known as ICAST, has been recognized by Trade Show Executive and the Trade Show News Network as one of the fastest-growing trade shows by attendance in the U.S. Produced by the American Sportfishing Association (ASA), ICAST is the world’s largest sportfishing trade show annually drawing close to 10,000 representatives from the global sportfishing community.

In order to continue to provide alligator harvest opportunities, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will select eligible alligator hunters through a lottery selection system on four Coastal & Nongame Resources (CNR) Division Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs), 15 Wildlife Division WMAs, one U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE) property and 24 public lakes for the 2013 alligator harvest season.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) dedicated a statue Tuesday, May 21, in Baton Rouge to honor those Enforcement Division agents who have died in the line of duty.