The government is hearing comments ranging all the way from don’t allow hydraulic fracturing at all on federal lands, to don’t pass new rules regulating it on such lands,...

Forget about slot limits and gamefish… address fishing mortality!   Having served on the ASMFC Striped Bass Advisory Panel for 6 years (not to mention having pretty much built...

A couple of weeks ago I had to go to Washington, DC to testify in a Senate Hearing on the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, which is the federal...

Saltwater fishing in Florida is surprisingly good in spite of all of the obstacles anglers face. Bureaucrats at all levels of government do their best to make things tough...

State and federal public lands hold some of the most productive fish and wildlife habitat in the country and are vital to meeting our country’s energy needs. Sportsmen for...

Chances are that most sportsmen do not spend much time thinking about energy development. But whether you know it or not, hunters and anglers have much at stake when...

Oil shale is getting so much attention lately that it’s starting to feel like a cure-all pill for whatever ails us. Need more energy? Have some oil shale. Fiscal...

We know citizens of our nation need energy. But how do the needs of fish, wildlife and wild places fit into the equation? Like energy, these natural resources are...