The USDA Forest Service is modernizing its approach to selling Christmas Tree permits and making them available to purchase through Recreation.gov beginning October 15. The Forest Service moved permit sales to Recreation.gov as an added convenience and to provide an alternative to in-person transactions […]
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A Calhoun County game warden was patrolling Matagorda Bay in the early morning hours when he saw numerous commercial shrimp boats traveling into the bay. The warden observed them for a while when he saw the boats turn their navigation
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President Trump has signed an Executive Order establishing the One Trillion Trees Interagency Council (Council), which will be responsible for coordinating the Federal government’s support of the global One Trillion Trees Initiative. The EO names U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L.
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The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is providing nearly $2.8 million to 17 states and one tribe to conduct research and management activities to combat Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). “APHIS is committed
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My father used to tell stories about hunting marsh hens (rails) with pellet guns in the marsh behind their home near the Port of Orange one of his childhood great outdoors stomping grounds. Without any camouflage, chest waders, or modern
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Witnessing the blowup of a big sow speck can be the most impressive or underwhelming thing an angler can witness. Sometimes they strike with such vigor they force the lure into the air causing the heart to skip a few beats.
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After an absence of more than 50 years, the swift fox has returned to the grasslands of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana. From Sept. 12 to 20, the Assiniboine (Nakoda) and Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) Tribes of Fort Belknap
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SB Tactical®, in conjunction with the Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition, Inc., (FRAC), and the National Rifle Association, stands in solidarity with Q, LLC. and is disappointed by the recent ATF actions in classifying their Honey Badger™ pistol as a short-barreled
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Despite the dangers, agents assigned to the Interstate Highway 35 (I-35) checkpoint north of Laredo continue to apprehend large numbers of individuals found in commercial vehicles in attempts to smuggle them (human trafficking) into the United States. The latest incident occurred during
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The Billfish Foundation’s Tag & Release Program is the cornerstone of our conservation and advocacy. We are proud to maintain the largest private tag and release database in the world, with over 260,000 records. Billfish tagging, and the recaptures that
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In our ongoing series about guns and the election, we have been publishing unedited copy showing what politicians and activist groups are saying about guns and gun owners. This is an unedited press release for the Coalition To Stop Gun Violence.Texas
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Hurricane Delta has caused erosion to the Texas and Louisiana coasta according to officials with the U.S. Geological Survey who are using new technology to gauge erosion. Scientists and emergency managers can use USGS’s forecasts – produced before major hurricanes and other
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After more than a decade of utter management chaos, Congress began to suspect that NOAA didn’t know what it was doing and so Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama appropriated $10 million for an intensive, independent assessment of red snapper numbers
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With concern for the safety and health of its members, partners and the public, the National Wild Turkey Federation announced its 45th annual Convention and Sport Show will be held virtually in February. Due to the ongoing pandemic and the
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) wants to alert Louisiana hunters to the possibility of encountering escaped pen-raised deer this season due to damage from Hurricane Laura and other storms this year. Hunters who possess a Louisiana Big
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Author Michael Bond impacted several generations with his iconic “Paddington Bear” series. Featuring a spectacled bear from South America, a species known little outside of its indigenous range, the books and animated features have done more to raise the profile
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Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a killer-no doubt. It has caused the death of thousands of whitetail, mule deer, elk and other deer in numerous states and at least two Canadian provinces. Yet there is some skepticism over what precautions
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Whitetail movement increasing after cold fronts is a commonly held belief among hunters. But according to Ken Swenson of Swenson Whitetail Ranch, he sees something different. He raised trophy whitetails for years and had some interesting observations. “Our deer absolutely increased
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The sense of smell of deer is legendary. There are hundreds of products on the market and homegrown remedies for eliminating human scent and appealing to hunger and sexual urges through smell. Did you know however deer actually have two
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On October 6, 2017, (Bonefish & Tarpon Trust) BTT’s Belize-Mexico Program Coordinator, Dr. Addiel Perez, tagged a bonefish as part of his study of their This past June, three years later, BTT received a report from an angler who recaptured
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