Sir Paul McCartney, formerly of the legendary band The Beatles, is one of the latest stars of the entertainment world to join forces with anti-hunting group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

A new report outlining the potential impacts of climate change on North America’s fish and game species has been released by a joint cooperation of nine leading conservation organizations, reports the Wildlife Management Institute.

Enjoying the outdoors is about more than just hunting and fishing. Safety plays a huge role in the enjoyment of the outdoors.

As a result, Bass Pro Shops will offer free gun safety seminars at 47 stores at 10 a.m. (local time except in Canada) Saturday, Aug. 9. The first 100 people to complete the course at each store will be given a Project ChildSafe gun lock.

Beginning in August, all 50 Bass Pro Shops stores will have a Boone and Crockett Club associate measurer on staff. Scoring on whitetail deer, mule deer, elk, bear and cougar will be offered as a free customer service.

The IGFA is among a coalition of five associations along with individual conservationists and businesses to form the Center for Coastal Conservation (CCC), a non-partisan national organization dedicated to enacting sensible marine conservation laws through education and political action.

Written by Jim Shepherd, editor of The Outdoor Wires:

For the past year, we've seen signs in the sales of big-ticket items that despite our putting our best faces forward, things are not going well for out economy. We're not talking the overall gloom-and-doom of some news outlets, but we're certainly not going to try and tell you that slowdowns in sales aren't impacting business.