Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today released the first ever comprehensive report on bird populations in the United States, showing that nearly a third of the nation's 800 bird species are endangered, threatened or in significant decline due to habitat loss,
invasive species, and other threats.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation has stepped up in a big way to help save a portion of the nation's most important waterfowl breeding grounds by contributing $285,200 to Ducks Unlimited's "Rescue the Duck Factory" campaign.

Texas Parks & Wildlife TV Program - Weekly schedule and show descriptions for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has recently been updated.

The Super-Pro Dummy Launcher from D.T. Systems increases the effectiveness of training sessions by simulating a hunting situation. The launcher uses .22 Blank Power Loads to launch retriever dummies with the sound of a gun.

Try to imagine life in Texas without cattle, farm-to-market roads, trout and redfish.   It’s an odd combination of omissions to ponder, but there is a connection that leads to former Gov. Dolph Briscoe, this year’s Rotary Club of Corpus Christi Harvey Weil Sportsman Conservationist of the year, a distinction that labels him a man for all seasons.

By a margin of 77-20, The U.S. Senate voted for a second time yesterday to approve the Omnibus Public Land Protection Act of 2009-a collection of bills vital to sportsmen and women from coast to coast.

Texas-Conservationists from California, New Mexico, North Carolina and Texas have been named to new positions on the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation board of directors.

At a Tuesday hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership will issue recommendations for more balanced and consistent federal management of energy development on federal lands and waters.