Protection of fishing, hunting, and shooting on national forest and public lands has taken a step forward with the Senate introduction of the Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act.

Remington's Premier Nitro line of target loads were the shotshells of choice for both the National Champion and the Lady National Champion at the recent 2011 National Sporting Clays Association (NSCA) Championship in San Antonio, Texas.

Members of a recreational-angling coalition lauded introduction of U.S. Senate legislation that would facilitate cleanup of areas affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership announced today.

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 National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) -- the trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry -- hosted its annual Congressional "Fly-In" for executives from industry companies this week.

The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) is pleased to announced that Dr. Bill Eikenhorst of Texas and Austin Musselman of Kentucky have been elected to serve on QDMA's National Board of Directors.

It is the season of thanks in this great country. A uniquely American holiday, Thanksgiving originally celebrated the bounty of the season and the gifts provided by the fields, forests and waters.

Congressman Ron Kind (D-WI) introduced the Moving Outdoors in Nature Act (MONA) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill supports federal, state and local strategies that connect children with the natural world.

Members of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus (CSC) successfully exempted video depicting hunting, trapping and fishing in the "Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010" as approved by the U.S. Senate in September and passed in the U.S. House of Representatives last night .

Two pieces of federal legislation will enhance hunting, fishing and recreational activities on federally managed land. On July 30, the U.S. House of Representatives passed, by an overwhelming 404-1 vote, a pro-sportsmen amendment to House Resolution 3534. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senator Max Baucus (D- MT) also introduced a draft of legislation on July 28 aimed at dealing with the aftermath of the BP oil spill. Included in that bill is similar language that also earmarks 1.5 percent of the LWCF for securing public access to hunting, fishing, shooting, and other outdoor recreation.