Cuts proposed by the House of Representatives would slash funding for a range of policies affecting fish and game management, hunting and angling access and public- and private-lands administration.

Often times you’ll hear sportsmen say “it won’t happen here.”  They’ll say that they know there are real threats to our right to hunt, fish, or trap out there – in other states – but they don’t think that it could ever happen to them where they live.   Nothing can be further from the truth nor more dangerous for our sports. 

The National Shooting Sports Foundation, trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry, calls the 3.6 percent rise in paid hunting license holders for 2009 one of the most encouraging signs for hunting in recent years.

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Fifteen anglers will go into the February 18-20 Bassmaster Classic on the Louisiana Delta as first-time qualifiers - Classic rookies, they're called. Some of those anglers, however, have a lot more rookie in them than do others with the same label.

The National Fish Habitat Board is seeking nominations for Awards in the following Categories:
-Exceptional Vision in support of Fish Habitat Conservation
-Extraordinary Action in support of Fish Habitat Conservation
-Scientific Achievement in support of Fish Habitat Conservation
-Outreach and Educational Achievement in support of Fish Habitat Conservation

A bill recently introduced in the U.S. Senate would protect traditional fishing tackle from being banned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) while offering additional protections for traditional ammunition.

BASS, the worldwide authority on bass fishing, announced that Mercury will extend its sponsorship of BASS as an official engine sponsor of the organization in 2011. As part of the agreement, Mercury will be an official sponsor of the Bassmaster Classic, Bassmaster Elite Series, Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens and the BASS' Federation Nation.

The groups leading the charge to ban traditional ammunition in the United States are continuing efforts to secure the ban despite being blocked by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).