The 22-member Wind Turbine Guidelines Federal Advisory Committee announced on March 5 that it had reached consensus on a set of recommendations (Guidelines) for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to utilize to avoid or minimize the impacts of land-based wind development on wildlife and habitat, reports the Wildlife Management Institute.

A controversy has erupted in the sport fishing community over a new federal management plan for oceans and Great Lakes waters. Recent opinion pieces circulating on the internet and reported on numerous radio stations have stoked the flames through revelations that the policy, if implemented, would prohibit recreational fishing within vast areas of public water.

More than 1,250 archers competed in 31 categories during the Hoyt Pro/Am Tour Friday through Sunday at Uchee Creek for prizes totaling $100,000.  Archers shot 40 targets. The 3-D foam targets included antelopes, deer, boars and wolves. The archers shot at known and unknown distances during the event.

Within the next 30 – 60 days, the Obama Administration is planning to issue a final report, and possibly other management guidance, intended to govern the management of the nation’s oceans, coastal areas and Great Lakes. The plan originated in June 2009, when President Obama created the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force.

Southwick Associates has announced the brands and products hunters and target shooters preferred most in 2009.  This list has been compiled from the 44,734 internet-based surveys completed by hunters and target shooters who volunteered to participate last year in HunterSurvey.com and TargetshootingSurvey.com polls.

The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA) joins other national conservation groups in expressing its deepest sympathy over the passing of Sam D. Hamilton, the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).  Hamilton died on February 20 after having chest pains while skiing in Colorado.

The next chairman of a key house committee with oversight over federal funding for wildlife conservation has a long history of opposing hunting, trapping, and gun ownership.  

Winchester® Ammunition recently committed $15,000 to help support the mission of the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation (CSF), which is to provide a voice for all sportsmen and women in Congress to promote sportsmen's issues with elected officials.

Winchester® Ammunition's Supreme Elite® Bonded PDX1™ has been selected to receive the NRA's 2010 Golden Bullseye Award for "Ammunition Product of the Year" by Shooting Illustrated magazine.

Sometimes it can seem pretty hard to keep track of all the votes legislators make, much less figuring out which are truly good or bad for sportsmen. Well thanks to HSUS itself, that guessing game has been made a whole lot simpler.