The Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) recently concluded its 44th convention and conservation expo, Sheep Week The Experience. Although the annual event was completely virtual, record amounts were raised for wild sheep conservation. At this past week’s virtual expo, nine permits
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AUSTIN- Due to the ongoing effects of the COVID – 19 pandemic, the commercial fishing industry is now able to apply for funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. This bill was passed by Congress in
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Trophy speckled trout are the most prized inland sportfish on the Texas Gulf Coast. Catching these elusive and quite quirky fish can be a challenge so anglers need all the information they can get to score on that lifetime super-sized
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Scientists, engineers, and contractors are scheduled to begin installing a temporary, experimental underwater Acoustic Deterrent System, or uADS, at Mississippi River Lock and Dam 19 between Keokuk, Iowa, and Hamilton, Illinois, on Jan. 11. The construction is part of a study
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The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) rolled out a new online tool this week that should make it easier for anglers, energy companies, and state agencies to reef obsolete platforms and related structures in the Gulf of Mexico where
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The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) today announced it will restructure the Association as a Texas nonprofit to exit what it believes is a corrupt political and regulatory environment in New York. The move will enable long-term, sustainable growth
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Recreational fishing may get displaced by aquaculture/mariculture if we don’t give current government plans close scrutiny. NOAA/NMFS, federal Fishery Management Councils, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Environment Protection Agency are focusing on and providing federal funding for aquaculture/mariculture.
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B.A.S.S. is seeking nominations for the best and brightest high school bass anglers in the country. The Bassmaster High School All-American Fishing Team presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors recognizes the 12 most outstanding high school anglers in the nation.
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When the Wild Sheep Foundation’s (WSF) virtual “Sheep Week: The Experience” ended, I was in awe. Having just watched an Arizona desert bighorn tag sell for $315,000, many other record tag bids and a week that took digital conservation communication to
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The second weekend of the 2021 Toyota ShareLunker season produced the first Legacy Class largemouth bass at Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Angler Travis Moore reeled in the 13.44-pounder using a Carolina rig during the Bass Champs tournament Saturday January 9. “It was a
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In less than a week, the second Legacy Class largemouth bass of the 2021 Toyota ShareLunker season was reeled in at Lake Austin Thursday evening January 14. Angler CJ Oates, from Lago Vista, Texas, caught the 13.02-pounder just a few days after
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has determined that invasive zebra mussels have been successfully eradicated from Lake Waco in Central Texas, preventing property damage, protecting water supply infrastructure, and avoiding harm to the aquatic ecosystem. The department emphasized
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Cordell Jeter spent his childhood building tree forts and running through the woods catching frogs with his friends. But he thought that part of his life was over when a car accident left him paralyzed from the waist down at
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A major initiative was undertaken in November 2019 to boost rhino populations in Liwonde National Park and Majete Wildlife Reserve, with 17 rhinos translocated from South Africa to Liwonde through a partnership between Malawi’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW), Ezemvelo KZN
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The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) today announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) in three gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California. These are the first gorillas in
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Due to the ongoing public health emergency and associated limits on large gatherings, B.A.S.S. officials announced today that the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk and Bassmaster Classic Outdoors Expo originally scheduled for late March would be
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The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will meet on January 25-28, 2021 by webinar. The Council will begin by reviewing the 2020 budget and expenditures and the 2021 budget and activities. The Council will hear presentations on Deepwater Horizon
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At the end of 2019, The Billfish Foundation announced the Juvenile Billfish Project. The Juvenile Billfish Project was created with our friend Dr. Freddy Arocha to fill the massive gap in knowledge of the early lives of billfish. Billfish have
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For the last five months, Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been undergoing an unexpectedly rapid transformation thanks to an aggregated herd of about 580 African elephants that have crossed into the park from bordering
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The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) has partnered with the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association (NYSRPA) today to ask the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to New York’s restrictive process for issuing concealed carry
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