Trout Unlimited has voiced support for legislation that helps modernize the federal leasing system and facilitate responsible energy development on public land. The Leasing Market Efficiency Act introduced by Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), would require the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to
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Texas Fish & Game Editor-In-Chief got his first honors for wildlife conservation work when he was 19 years old. The Sportsman’s Conservationists of Texas honored him with their “Youth Conservationist Of The Year” award and the following year he became
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Scientists have successfully produced hybrid pups between a male western gray wolf and a female western coyote in captivity. By artificially inseminating a female western coyote with western gray wolf sperm, U.S. Geological Survey scientists and partners from the St.
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An Irish national was sentenced in federal court in Waco, Texas, today to 12 months in prison for conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act in relation to illegal rhinoceros horn trafficking, announced Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Bossert Clark of the
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Hollywood gets lots of things wrong. And one of the most glaring examples are references to wildlife and hunting in films. There are countless examples like CGI whitetail deer with elk antlers and any number of animals shown in the
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Houston Safari Club (HSC) applauds today’s signing of the Great American Outdoors Act by President Donald J. Trump. HSC was in Washington, D.C. today to commemorate the signing of this landmark legislation into law and to celebrate the momentous occasion
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A 35-year-old resident of Bay City made an appearance in federal court and admitted he was responsible for killing a protected species, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Leonard Cornelius, 35, of Bay City, Texas, pleaded guilty to killing a
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Fire is a defining feature of the American landscape, responsible for creating, reshaping and regenerating our natural environment in nearly every corner of the Nation. But fire can also be a threat to life, property and wildlife, requiring careful monitoring,
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This photo has been floating around Texas for years.I first saw it in Sweetwater at an event 21 years ago and later ran into it at a restaurant in Freer.It shows an unidentified man with a very large rattlesnake and
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wildlife inspectors have prevented the illegal and potentially harmful import into the United States of approximately 15,000 live Chinese mitten crabs as part of the law enforcement operation codenamed Hidden Mitten. Chinese mitten crabs are one
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The interior of the Big Bend Ranch State Park Complex will be closed for the safety of park visitors during wildlife surveys Aug. 9 – 16. During the surveys, staff will be counting desert bighorn sheep by helicopter and performing the
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Beginning Aug. 1, properly licensed Louisiana and non-resident hunters may take outlaw quadrupeds (feral hogs, coyotes and armadillos), nutria and beaver at night on private property the entire year with the landowner’s permission. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signed into
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With the snap of twigs and the crashing of brush, I broke loose from the tree line and made my way onto the Forest Service road. Like many locals, I had spent the afternoon with a fishing pole in hand,
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Want to hear some scary hog attack stories? Look no further because for Halloween this year we dug up some of the spookiest on record. In 1998 Robert Burns of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service wrote of two verified attacks
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The Houston Safari Club Foundation (HSCF) applauds The U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of this historic outdoors legislation to promote conservation and increased public land and water access for opportunities for sportsmen and women. The Great American Outdoors Act will
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A snaring crisis is decimating wildlife in Southeast Asia and increasing the risk of zoonotic disease transmission to humans, warns a new report from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) that estimates for the first time the number of these traps in
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This new effort marks the first-time pythons are being tracked in so many different habitats to better understand python biology across the region and ultimately find ways to more effectively control this invasive species. “Our experts are committed to using
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Join host Chester Moore as he interviews Logan Young, Executive Director of Bear Trust International and they talk about the overlooked topic of bear conservation and the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. Bear Trust supports research to help inform
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is announcing a proposed rule and associated draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) to responsibly manage conflicts associated with double-crested cormorants in the United States. Cormorants are fish-eating birds that can have negative impacts on
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Rhino poaching in South Africa continues to decline as additional steps are taken by government to ensure the crime is effectively dealt with. The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Ms Barbara Creecy, says the steps to address rhino poaching
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