The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the association's 2010 National Awards. These awards are presented annually to deserving individuals and agencies to honor their efforts-both professional and personal-in the field of parks and recreation.

Legacy Quest Outdoors, LLC has become the newest National Corporate Partner of the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA). Legacy Quest Outdoors, LLC is the pioneering inventor of the Second Generation Hybrid Home™.

National Hunting and Fishing Day is proud to announce renewed sponsorship for 2010 by the only television channel with 24/7 programming for hunters, shooters and anglers-Sportsman Channel.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wildlife biologist Wesley Brian Littrell, 32, of Athens, was killed last Friday afternoon in a tractor-related accident on the Gus Engeling Wildlife Management Area in northwest Anderson County. He leaves behind an unfinished legacy of habitat conservation.

Bass Pro Shops has renewed its annual sponsorship of a special "federal holiday" created to acknowledge hunters, anglers and conservation-National Hunting and Fishing Day, set for Saturday, September 25, 2010.

Ducks Unlimited Inc., America's leading wetlands and waterfowl conservation group, announced today that H. Dale Hall has been named the organization's new chief executive officer. A former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (2005-2009), Hall is widely respected as a visionary conservationist and one of the country's most effective wildlife professionals.

The Texas Outdoor Writers Association presented Howard Communications Inc. with the Excellence in Craft Supporting Member Award at their annual conference held in Kerrville, Texas

Modern Rifle Adventures exists for one reason: to illustrate the versatility, uniqueness and reliability of today's modern AR rifles to America's sportsmen. Hosts Dick Metcalf and J. Guthrie stalk prey from Aoudad in Texas to bear in Alaska to prove to viewers and critics alike that AR-platforms have a home in your gun safe Modern Rifle Adventures airs Sunday nights at 10:30 p.m. EST with re-airs Mondays at 1:30 p.m., Thursdays at 11:30 a.m. and Saturdays at 12 p.m. exclusively on Sportsman Channel.

FIELD & STREAM, the world's leading outdoor magazine, and BASS PRO SHOPS, America's favorite outdoors store, today announced the dates for the 2010 FIELD & STREAM TOTAL OUTDOORSMAN CHALLENGE―PRESENTED BY MOBIL 1. Now in its seventh year, the annual coast-to-coast competition to name the most competent sportsman in the land will kickoff with FREE qualifying events at Bass Pro Shops on April 17-18. This year kids are getting in on the fun, too, with their very own Total Outdoors-Kid Challenge with free activities, prizes and giveaways.

Collegiate anglers throughout the country may begin registering online for the 2010 Collegiate Bass Fishing Open presented by Pepsi on Thursday, April 1. This unique, new event, scheduled for June 21-25 at Kentucky Lake in Paris, Tennessee is part of the BoatU.S. Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship Series and is open to all eligible collegiate anglers nationwide.