Conservation is Never a Bad Investment
With management and conservation cutbacks looming, the future of Pennsylvania’s fisheries depends on anglers’ leadership in footing the bill.
Category: Conservation Funding
Our blog is where we break down the conservation issues that sportsmen and women need to know about. Get the latest intel from Capitol Hill, learn more about complex science and policy, and follow along with field reports from our staff on the ground. This is where conservation gets personal.
Lapsed LWCF Is a Lost Opportunity to Improve and Enhance Hunting and Fishing Access
Congress avoids a federal shutdown, but allows the best tool for opening landlocked public lands to expire.
Here’s Another Side to the Landlocked Public Lands Story
Only recently has LWCF funding been specifically purposed with unlocking our inaccessible public lands, meaning that we’ve got a lot of work ahead of us when it comes to establishing access to isolated parcels.
The Four Bills Paul Ryan Should Help Pass to Solidify his Standing as the Sportsmen’s Speaker
In the final months of the 115th Congress, the Speaker of the House may have his legacy on his mind—here’s how he can do right by hunters, anglers, and wildlife.
Do You Know Where Your Conservation Dollars Come From?
Thankfully, when it comes to funding for maintenance and improvement of fish and wildlife habitat or sportsmen’s access, all our eggs aren’t in one basket—here are the major conservation funding sources that every hunter...
House Bill Marks Long Overdue Step Toward Improving Fish Habitat
Rep. Wittman introduces first House legislation since 2009 to authorize the popular National Fish Habitat Conservation Program.
Reversing Habitat Degradation on a Delta in Duck Country
To restore a stream on the Arkansas Delta, conservationists faced down dead-zone-creating nutrient runoff, pernicious beaver activity, erosion, and many other challenges—here’s how wetland easements played a role in their success Arkansas’ famed Delta...
Featured Podcast: Shortlisting the Most Critical Conservation Issues We Face Today
Our own President and CEO, Whit Fosburgh, covers everything from current updates on the Farm Bill, LWCF, Utah Senator Mike Lee’s public land transfer threats, invasive species, menhaden, and Adirondack deer hunting.
Wildfire Smoke is Building in Western Skies, But the Future Looks Brighter
As fire season returns, a look ahead at how this year’s budget fix will change the way we pay for suppression efforts in the future Around this time each year, hunters begin crossing their...
National Poll: Hunters and Anglers Don’t Support Relaxing Clean Water Standards for Streams and Wetlands
Sportsmen overwhelming want the federal government to provide Clean Water Act protections for headwaters and wetlands, even as the EPA works to repeal a rule that does so.
