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  • NSSF study shows lower-than-expected rates of hunting among recent hunter ed graduates

    NSSF study shows lower-than-expected rates of hunting among recent hunter ed graduates

    FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. – Filled classrooms at Hunter Safety courses are a good thing, but perhaps more important is the number of students that actually participate in hunting after they graduate. A recent survey, funded by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) and conducted by Southwick Associates, focused on participation levels of students in the…


  • Crosman announces discount program for IHEA instructors

    Crosman announces discount program for IHEA instructors

    ROCHESTER, New York, (May 15, 2013) –Crosman Corporation, long known for creating innovative, high quality products for the shooting sports, announced a special instructor discount program directed toward 70,000 International Hunter Education Association (IHEA) Instructors at the recent 2013 IHEA-USA Conference.


  • Firearm safety and conservation are topics of free video-for-schools campaign from NSSF

    Firearm safety and conservation are topics of free video-for-schools campaign from NSSF

    NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® has launched its annual nationwide offer to schools nationwide to receive–free of charge–educational videos that teach children about firearm safety and wildlife conservation.


  • RMEF donation puts plot of Montana land into the public's hands

    RMEF donation puts plot of Montana land into the public's hands

    MISSOULA, Mont.–A 40 acre parcel of Montana forestland is now open to public access after the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation donated it to the U.S. Forest Service.


  • NSSF statement on management of the SHOT Show

    NSSF statement on management of the SHOT Show

    The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, today announced that it has reached an agreement with Reed Exhibitions to terminate the agreement the parties had for the management of the SHOT Show®. Accordingly, effective immediately, Reed Exhibitions will no longer be manager and producer of the SHOT Show.


  • Still time to plant with Pheasants Forever's food and cover mixes

    Still time to plant with Pheasants Forever's food and cover mixes

    It’s not too late to get your 2013 food and cover plot in the ground. A cool, wet spring has delayed planting across much of the country. Order from Pheasants Forever’s line of Signature Series Food and Cover Mixes


  • DoD receives Migratory Bird Federal Stewardship Award

    DoD receives Migratory Bird Federal Stewardship Award

    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.


  • Significant wetlands funding approved

    Significant wetlands funding approved

    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.


  • Sportsman Channel introduces a live social media on-air ticker

    Sportsman Channel introduces a live social media on-air ticker

    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…


  • Shawnee National Forest hosts family-friendly fishing events, free camping weekend

    Shawnee National Forest hosts family-friendly fishing events, free camping weekend

    HARRISBURG, IL – With warmer weather abounding, and summer soon around the corner, the Shawnee National Forest offers a multitude of great opportunities to connect with the natural world.


  • Delta Waterfowl research spans North America

    Delta Waterfowl research spans North America

    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.


  • TRCP Board of Directors Elects Perkins Chairman

    TRCP Board of Directors Elects Perkins Chairman

    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.


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