A U.S. House of Representatives vote yesterday could mean permanent easy access for hunters looking to buy their federal duck stamps online. The e-Duck Stamp program, started four years ago on a trial basis, allows hunters 16 and older to purchase temporary duck stamps online until their physical stamps arrive in the mail.

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.

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.

The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership has announced the release of its 2011 Conservation Policy Agenda, presenting conservation issues of importance to American hunters and anglers and outlining the sportsmen's priorities for the coming year.

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.

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.

The nation's 32 million hunters, anglers, trappers, recreational shooters and other outdoor enthusiasts on Friday moved closer to gaining increased access to hundreds of thousands of acres of federal land.

House and Senate bills promoting the expansion of wind and solar energy projects on public lands are a promising step toward a smarter, more balanced national energy strategy, according to Trout Unlimited, the nation's largest coldwater conservation organization.

The voice of America's sportsmen and women will be shared with Congress in regards to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill's impact on the Gulf Coast. Thursday, the House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, led by Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo of Guam, will hold an oversight hearing on "Our Natural Resources at Risk: The Short and Long Term Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill."

A coalition of the nation's foremost hunting and angling groups today renewed calls for reform of the 1872 General Mining Law following a decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to approve numerous road construction projects within inventoried roadless areas to enable private access to mining sites.