Under newly introduced bill HR 2834, hunting and fishing opportunities will become a priority on more than 440 million acres of federal public lands. The “Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act” was introduced at the U.S. Congress by Reps.

Today's publishings in the Federal Register will contain a finding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service stating the saltmarsh topminnow, a small grey-green Gulf Coast fish, is facing such severe threats that the Fish and Wildlife Service will conduct a status review to determine if the species warrants listing under the Endangered Species Act.

With the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration continuing to struggle in the management of the nation's fisheries, lawmakers today held a committee hearing intended to explore the impact of a looming deadline that will force the agency to set annual catch limits on stocks of fish for which it has no science.

Ducks Unlimited commended a group of U.S. Senators from Gulf Coast states as they introduced legislation that supports ensuring penalties paid by BP under the Clean Water Act are directed back to the Gulf Coast region.

Trout unlimited has criticized the U.S. House of Representatives for voting to approve sweeping, harmful changes to the nation's bedrock water-quality protecting law, the Clean Water Act. In a 239-184 vote, the House passed H.R. 2018, a bill that will adversely affect waterways across the nation.

The Obama Administration today announced the creation of a new federal interagency council to coordinate and promote outdoor recreation opportunities on public lands in partnership with federal, state, and tribal agencies.

Safari Club International (SCI) filed comments in response to the recently released National Forest System Land Management Planning Proposed Rules (Draft Rules) which serve as the basis for long term planning on all Forest Service lands.  The comments convey the important role that hunting and the hunting industry plays in habitat and wildlife management on the 193 million acres of public land administered by the United States Forest Service (Forest Service).

Safari Club International (SCI) and the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation (CSF) are pleased to announce SCI's continued support of CSF and its programs: the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus (CSC), the National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucuses (NASC) and the Governors Sportsmen's Caucus (GSC).

The Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies has released a white paper Benefits of Outdoor Skills to Health, Learning and Lifestyle: A Literature Review documenting the contributions of outdoor skills and wildlife-related outdoor education to health, learning and lifestyle in general and fishing and hunting participation in particular.