More Americans are planning vacations this summer, approximately 86 percent (three percent higher than 2010) according to a recent TripAdvisory survey, with the nation's waterways serving as prime destinations.

New online instructor training developed by the International Hunter Education Association (IHEA) makes learning how to share our hunting heritage more effective, accessible and convenient. Developed in partnership with the Remington Outdoor Foundation, the curriculum features lessons designed to enhance teaching skills using animation, photos, video and narration offering expert advice.

A special GunBroker.com "Heritage Partnership" auction generated $11,000 to benefit the Youth Shooting Sports Alliance (YSSA). The auction was hosted on the Hunting Heritage Trust's special "Treasures & Traditions" auction on GunBroker.com throughout the month of March 2010.

USA Archery and Hoyt announced Friday that the Utah-based bow manufacturer has renewed its long-standing association as an official sponsor and supporter of USA Archery through 2012.

For the second consecutive year, Winchester® Ammunition has been awarded the Ammunition Manufacturer of the Year award by the National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers (NASGW).

The Professional Anglers Association (PAA) is excited to announce their partnership with Bass Pro Shops for the 2010 PAA Bass Pro Shops Tournament Series. Bass Pro Shops, the #1 outdoor retailer in America, will host tournament activities and weigh-ins for the nation's top professional bass fishermen at four PAA events next year.

The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) is now offering its new hunter education program called "Cyber Deer." Not a video game but an interactive educational program, Cyber Deer allows a computer user to "shoot" an anatomically accurate whitetail from any user-selected height, distance or angle, using bow or firearm settings, and then analyze the shot's internal path through the deer

Determining what a Travel Management Plan (TMP) does depends on who you ask. 
Ask a Forest Service official, and he'll say it's a way to balance the conflicting expectations of millions of visitors to national forests while protecting the land and wildlife under their administration.

The Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, in cooperation with the National Shooting Sports Foundation, held the first Congressional Breakfast Briefing of the 111th Congress today.