Officials looking for cost-effective ways to stimulate the economy should look no further than out their own windows: That's where the authors of a new economic study demonstrate that the great outdoors and historic preservation generate a conservative estimate of more than $1 trillion in total economic activity and support 9.4 million jobs each year.

Texas Parks and Wildlife fire-fighting personnel were continuing with clean up work at Bastrop State Park Thursday, having saved almost all the historic Depression-era structures on the 6,000-acre park just east of fire-ravaged Bastrop.

The Union Sportsmen's Alliance (USA) is pleased to announce a new partnership with Cabela's, the world's foremost outfitter of hunting, fishing and outdoor gear.

Nestlé Waters North America recently pledged a gift of $250,000 to Ducks Unlimited to continue support of DU wetland conservation programs in high priority areas like the Gulf Coast.

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.

Long known as a premier annual event for big-game hunters at home and abroad, the Dallas Safari Club (DSC) convention and expo will expand in 2012 to include attractions focused on quail and other upland birds.

Wildscape, xeriscape, desertscape, water-wise, smartscape: whatever term you use, it's all Texan for resource conservation. As residents seek ways to conserve water, native plant wildscaping can be an important part of the mix, since studies show lawn care accounts for over 50 percent of a household's water usage.

Five conservationists-three from the Dallas area, one from the Houston area and one from Santa Fe, N.M.-have accepted volunteer positions on the board of directors for the Dallas Safari Club (DSC).

Larry and Brenda Potterfield of MidwayUSA recently donated $100,000 to the Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) to fund the MDF's M.U.L.E.Y youth shooting program.

On the heels of its best-ever convention, Dallas Safari Club (DSC) has announced a new record budget for conservation, education and hunter advocacy efforts worldwide.